A high-level Helsinki+50 conference took place in Helsinki to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act, which laid the foundation for the OSCE and for the first time enshrined human rights as a component of international security

4 August 2025

In the first half of July, occupation courts sentenced at least 23 Ukrainian civilians, including a father and daughter from the Kherson region, and a couple from Luhansk whose 21 year-old son is also held in Russian captivity.

31 July 2025

Perhaps this article would never have been written if Ukraine’s law enforcement system — and especially the courts — were functioning properly. If there were effective mechanisms in place to protect the rights of servicepeople. If what happens within the Armed Forces were more transparent and clear at least to those directly involved.

30 July 2025

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and its partners — the Media Initiative for Human Rights and the ZMINA Human Rights Center — have been documenting crimes committed by Russian military personnel and other representatives of the Russian authorities against the civilian population of Ukraine in the occupied territories.

15 July 2025

An activist from Nova Kakhovka, Oleksandr (his surname withheld for security reasons), filmed the dismantling of Lenin monuments across the Kherson region before the full-scale invasion. After the occupation began, he became a target for the Russians. He was tortured for two weeks in order to force him to reveal the identities of other civic leaders in the city and to “cooperate” with the occupiers.

25 June 2025