Advocacy
The Media Initiative for Human Rights organized a roundtable discussion, "Deprivation of the right to a fair trial in international criminal law."
27 June 2024
More than fifty diplomats took part in a special OSCE event, where the Media Initiative for Human Rights, for the first time since the beginning of Russia's war against Ukraine, raised the issue of missing Ukrainians. Apart from the MIHR and delegations of OSCE participating states, the discussion was attended by relatives of missing persons, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, and the International Commission on Missing Persons.
16 May 2024
The OSCE has presented a report on violations and abuses of international humanitarian and human rights law, war crimes, and crimes against humanity related to the arbitrary deprivation of liberty of civilian Ukrainians by the Russian Federation. The report was prepared by a mission of OSCE experts within the framework of the Moscow Mechanism, the launch of which the Media Initiative for Human Rights has been advocating for more than a year and a half. During the preparation of the document, the MIHR worked closely with the mission's experts, with facts about Russia's crimes documented by us becoming part of the report.
26 April 2024
The Media Initiative for Human Rights continues its advocacy visit to the OSCE within the Supplementary Human Dimension Meetings framework. Analyst Lyubov Smachylo and Head of the War Crimes Courts Monitoring Department Oksana Rasulova participated in the event "Challenges of establishing justice in Ukraine for victims of war crimes and their motivation at the national level," organized by the MIHR.
24 April 2024
Ten films from this year's international Czech festival "One World" were shown in the Belgian capital — the world's largest human rights documentary film event organized by People in Need. The Oscar-winning film "20 Days in Mariupol" by Ukrainian director Mstyslav Chernov was also viewed. Among the audience was Lubov Smachilo, MIHR’ analyst.
23 April 2024
The Media Initiative for Human Rights has started an advocacy visit to the OSCE. Today, in Vienna, Lyubov Smachylo, MIHR's analyst, participated in the event "Persecution of Ukrainian civilians in the occupied territories as a crime against humanity: efforts of Ukrainian civil society to restore justice."
22 April 2024
Olha Reshetylova, the Head of the Media Initiative for Human Rights, took part in one of the discussion panels at a conference of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee held in Oslo. Together with Lene Wetteland, the Head of Documentation and Accountability Hub of the NHC, they discussed the issue of holding those responsible for war crimes in Russia accountable.
11 April 2024
The Media Initiative for Human Rights held a two-day training for NGOs, community groups of POWs, civilians, and missing persons families, including units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (including the Ukrainian Navy) and the National Guard.
5 April 2024
The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine has unveiled a new report revealing significant insights into Russia’s offenses in Ukraine. The findings partly draw on information supplied by MIHR, OMCT, and ZMINA.
18 March 2024
The launch of the Moscow Mechanism for civilian Ukrainians persecuted by Russia is, among other things, the result of a year and a half of advocacy work by the Media Initiative for Human Rights and Ukrainian diplomats in the OSCE.
29 February 2024