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Today, November 21, the Сonference Crimea Global: Understanding Ukraine through the South officially commenced with an opening ceremony, bringing together more than 100 participants, including opinion leaders, experts, journalists, government officials, and representatives of the diplomatic corps.
21 November 2024
On November 21, the Second International Conference, “Crimea Global: Understanding Ukraine through the South,” began in Kyiv. In addition to panel discussions, several special events took place as part of the conference. One of them focused on motivating victims in the justice process. The event was organized by the Media Initiative for Human Rights and the Human Rights House in Chernihiv.
21 November 2024
In late October 2024, President Zelenskyy signed the second law implementing the Rome Statute. As a result, a new Article, “Crimes against Humanity,” was finally added to the Criminal Code of Ukraine. At the same time, the rules imposing criminal responsibility cannot apply retrospectively, which means that the crimes against humanity committed during the last 10 years of the war cannot be prosecuted by the Ukrainian law enforcement bodies.
7 November 2024
Since its founding, the Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR) has been documenting cases of civilian abductions in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Russia and its proxies have been committing these crimes since 2014. The number of such cases has skyrocketed during the full-scale invasion.
4 November 2024
In the United Kingdom’s capital, British MPs and members of the diplomatic community met with Ukrainians affected by Russian war crimes. The event, organized by the UK Embassy in Ukraine and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, featured speeches by Olha Reshetylova, head of the Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR), alongside testimonies from two victims.
30 October 2024
Russia has begun executing the sentence imposed on former Ukrainian law enforcement officer Pavlo Zaporozhets. The man was kidnapped in Ukraine, deported, charged with “international terrorism” and has been held in prison for more than two years. In order to cover Zaporozhets’ tracks, he is constantly moved from one place of detention to another. In October, the man was put in the Vladimir Central Prison, where extremely dangerous criminals are held.
21 October 2024