Published September 25,2023
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The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine on Monday expressed concern about Russian forces’ assaults on civilians within the ongoing warfare in Ukraine.
“Being concerned by the continuous evidence of war crimes committed by the Russian armed forces in Ukraine, the Commission is now undertaking more in-depth investigations regarding unlawful attacks with explosive weapons, attacks affecting civilians, torture, sexual and gender-based violence, and attacks on energy infrastructure,” the fee stated on the UN Human Rights Council‘s 54th session within the Swiss metropolis of Geneva.
The UN Human Rights Council established an inquiry fee on March 4, 2022, with a mandate to analyze violations of human rights and worldwide humanitarian regulation in Russia’s warfare in Ukraine.
The fee stated they documented explosive weapons assaults on residential buildings, a useful medical facility, a railway station, a restaurant, retailers, and industrial warehouses, and that such assaults resulted in civilian casualties, injury and destruction of key amenities, and disruption of important providers and provides.
“The Commission deplores that attacks continue to take place harming civilians and medical institutions which have protected status,” it stated.
Furthermore, the fee claimed that Russian forces used systematic and widespread torture and rape within the areas they occupied.
“The Commission continues to map and document such facilities, reinforcing its findings that torture was widely used by Russian authorities,” it added.
The fee additionally reiterated concern over the dimensions and gravity of violations and corresponding crimes dedicated in Ukraine by Russian armed forces, emphasizing the necessity for accountability.
“It also recalls the need for the Ukrainian authorities to expeditiously and thoroughly investigate the few cases of violations by its own forces,” it added.
Source: www.anews.com.tr