16/03/2022 17:11

Commissioner: Elderly men and teenagers are forcibly mobilized in ORDLO

The Russian Federation and the occupation administrations under its control continue the forced mobilization on the territory of the so-called "LPR" and "DPR".

The third wave of mobilization has already begun.

Not only communal workers, businessmen and miners, but also elderly men and teenagers are forced to be drafted.

The administrations of the illegal republics do not provide the mobilized with any means of protection or equipment.  No combat training is conducted.

In fact, the mobilized are used as consumables at the forefront.

Attempts at resistance are severely suppressed by the military formations of the illegal republics.

International humanitarian law prohibits forced mobilization.  Article 51 IV of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War prohibits the occupying Power from forcing persons under protection, ie those under the control of a party to the conflict or an occupying State of which they are not nationals, to serve in its armed forces or  auxiliary forces.

I appeal to the world community to increase sanctions on the Russian Federation to end hostilities in Ukraine and torture the Ukrainian people.