12/05/2022 16:00

As a result of targeted shelling by enemy forces of the Russian Federation, the destruction and destruction of educational institutions continues

Tonight, the city of Novgorod-Siversky, Chernihiv region, suffered air strikes - a school and a boarding school were damaged.

In the Donetsk region, the russians shelled 10 settlements in one day, destroyed houses, a college and other facilities.

To date, a total of 1,721 educational institutions have been damaged due to massive bombings and shelling by Ukrainian armed forces in Ukrainian cities and villages, of which 139 have been completely destroyed.  Among the destroyed schools are 25 special schools for children with special educational needs.

Such actions of the russian occupation forces are a direct violation of the Hague and Geneva Conventions.  The aggressor continues to defiantly violate the fundamental rights of children - the right to life and health, guaranteed to every child in the world by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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 Russia's violations of children's rights in Ukraine.