23/04/2022 12:19

Rashists kidnap children in Ukraine and place them in russian families

From the media of the aggressor it became known about the facts of illegal removal of 27 orphans from occupied territory of Donetsk region to Aprelivka near Moscow.  They were transferred to temporary care for up to ten local families.

 There is currently no information on whether such children have the status of orphans or deprived of parental care and whether the children have relatives who wish to take them to their families.

 It is unknown at this time what the children will be doing, whether they are in good health or whether occupants asked their will to be in this families.

 The deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia is a crime that falls under the definition of human trafficking under international law.

 The occupiers violate the state's obligation to protect the rights of children in armed conflict under Article 38 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and Article 49 of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, which prohibits forced relocation or deportation.

 I appeal to the UN Commission for Investigation Human Rights Violations during the Russian Military Invasion of Ukraine to take into account these facts of crimes and violations of Russia's children's rights in Ukraine.