Advocacy
The European Parliament held a debate on the draft resolution “The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine: the dramatic situation of illegally detained Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war.” The document condemns the widespread unlawful detention of Ukrainians, torture, fabricated charges, and inhumane conditions of imprisonment.
17 June 2025
While the West has firmly supported the initiative to establish a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Russian Aggression Against Ukraine, many governments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America continue to keep at bay. These pressing issues were the focus of an open discussion titled “Beyond the West: the Global Vision of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression” hosted by the MIHR.
30 May 2025
Distorted narratives about Russia’s war against Ukraine are actively promoted in the media spaces of non-Western countries. This is detailed in a new analytical report by the Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR), prepared in cooperation with the company LOOQME.
27 May 2025
The Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR) has released an analytical report on how the Russian-Ukrainian war is covered in the media and on social networks across 63 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The research, conducted in collaboration with the company LOOQME, analyzed over 94,000 media mentions from October 2024 to May 2025.
18 May 2025
The Media Initiative for Human Rights has prepared an analytical note based on a survey conducted among participants of the international conference Crimea Global. Understanding Ukraine through the South. The survey assessed the level of public awareness in their countries and their willingness to support the implementation of Point 4 of President Zelenskyi’s Peace Formula — the return of all deported children, prisoners of war, and civilians from Russian captivity.
8 May 2025
Torture, isolation, murder, and gloom of Russian prisons. In Vienna, Ukrainian human rights activists told the world about the fate of thousands of civilians who have become hostages of the occupation regime. The focus was on the stories of illegally detained journalists, mayors, activists, and new proposals for their release.
7 May 2025
Reparations represent a state’s commitment to compensate for harm or loss inflicted by its breach of international law. They are a vital component of restoring justice for victims of armed conflicts and serve as a safeguard against the recurrence of crimes in the future. These issues were the focus of the expert discussion in The Hague, which addressed legal and institutional responses to securing reparations for missing persons in Ukraine.
10 April 2025
An exhibition titled Civilians in Captivity: Stories of Unjust Detentions has opened in the capital of Hungary. Organized by the Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR) in partnership with the State Self-Government of Ukrainians in Hungary (SSUUH), the exhibition sheds light on one of the least known humanitarian crises of Russia’s war against Ukraine — enforced disappearances and the unlawful detention of Ukrainian civilians from occupied territories.
28 March 2025
Call Me Maks is the first release for The Stronger We Become – a campaign for the release of the thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians in Russian captivity.
28 March 2025
In Strasbourg, the members of the Coalition of States held a final meeting to finalize the technical work on the draft documents necessary to establish a special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.
25 March 2025