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Article 15. Submission to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court concerning the alleged crime of torture committed by the Russian military in Ukraine
On March 2, 2022, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, announced the opening of an official investigation into the situation in Ukraine
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Enforced disappearances & transfer of ukrainian children, 2022–2023. Summary to the UN working group on enforced or involuntary disappearances
Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group has the honour to present to the Working Group on Enforced Disappearances its summary of allegations concerns Russia’s practice of enforced disappearances committed by military.
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Submission to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court concerning the crime against humanity (Enforced disappearance of persons)
This communication under Article 15 of the Rome Statute to the International Criminal Court (Art. 15 Communication) concerns Russia’s widespread and systematic practice of enforced disappearances committed by Russian military.
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Model draft Constitution of Ukraine — 2023
This edition is an English translation of the full-scale annotated model draft of the new Constitution of Ukraine — 2023. The author of the draft is Vsevolod Rechytskyi — Chairman of Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group Council, Associate Professor at the Ukrainian Catholic University (Lviv, Ukraine).
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The forcible transfer of children from Ukraine to Russia: a Genocide. Submission to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
KHPG presents information about the criminal acts committed by the RF during the full-scale war in Ukraine
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Severe deprivation of liberty in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine during the Russian occupation
On March 2, 2022, ICC Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan announced the opening of an investigation into the Situation in Ukraine from November 21, 2013, onwards, thereby encompassing within its scope any past and present allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide within the meaning of the Rome Statute committed on any part of the territory of Ukraine by any person.
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Extrajudicial killings committed by the russians in Bucha & other parts of Ukraine
KHPG wants to present information about the killings committed by the Russian military and their affiliates during the large-scale Russian military invasion of Ukraine.
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A submission by the KHPG (Ukraine) to the International criminal court
On 2 March 2022, Karim Khan KC, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (hereinafter the ICC), announced that an investigation was being opened into the situation in Ukraine.
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Shelling of civilian objects and civilians
The Kharkiv Human Rights Group presents this submission of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, which contains information about shelling of civilian objects and the civilian population with various types of weapons throughout the territory of Ukraine.
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Reform of the Penitentiary Healthcare
The reader is offered analytical materials on the state of medical care in penitentiary institutions of Ukraine, prepared by the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, and the vision of human rights activists on the reform of penitentiary healthcare.
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Ukraine: working with the past for a peaceful future
The publication is devoted to the world experience of more than 50 truth commissions on different continents and the possibilities of using this experience for Ukraine.
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Problems of discrimination and violence by law enforcement bodies against LGBT people
The report contains results of a study on the vulnerability of LGBT people while contacting law enforcement agencies.
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Evidences of the presence of the RF in the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine
Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group and «Shore of Peace», non-governmental nonprofit human rights organizations, present to the reader a report containing evidences of the presence of the Russian Federation in the armed conflict in the eastern Ukraine
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National monitoring of unlawful violence in police in Ukraine in 2020
The report contains the results of the research of the spread of torture and ill-treatment in police which covers the scale, causes and consequences of these phenomena in Ukraine. The topic of gender-based violence and discrimination against women is examined separately. The work provides the results of the 2020 survey of the population of Ukraine, as well as police officers.
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On the readiness of the penitentiary system of Ukraine to counteract the spread of COVID-19
The report discusses the threat of mass spread of the infectious disease COVID-19 in places of detention in general, and in particular, in penitentiaries.
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Report On the violations of Human Rights in the zone of armed conflict in Luhansk region. Popasna raion
The reader is offered a description of the human rights situation in Popasna and nearby settlements.
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Victims of the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine in 2014–2018. Part 2
This review presents a compilation of the information collected by Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG) about victims of the armed conflict in Donetsk and Luhansk regions in 2014-2018.
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Enforced Disappearances and Missed Persons During the Armed Conflict in Eastern Ukraine between 2014–2018
For the reader’s attention, an analytical report is presented that shows the findings of the Kharkiv Human Rights Group’s study on missing and violent disappearances during the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine in 2014–2018.
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National preventive mechanism against torture and ill-treatment in Ukraine
The publication contains the results of the evaluation of the activities of the national preventive mechanism in Ukraine starting at 2012 and to the date.
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National monitoring of unlawful violence in the Ukrainian police 2004–2018
The report contains the results of another study of the prevalence of torture and ill-treatment in police, which highlights the extent, causes and consequences of these phenomena in Ukraine.
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Victims of the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine in 2014–2018
This review presents a compilation of the information collected by Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG) and Mirniy Bereg (MB) public organizations about victims of the armed conflict in Donetsk and Luhansk regions in 2014–2018.
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International Convention on Protection of Intellectual Freedom
The draft suggests a new version of an entire international law mechanism for legal protection of intellectual freedom in the conditions of democracy and modern legal systems.
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Violent Crimes Committed During the Armed Conflict in Eastern Ukraine between 2014–2018
Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group and «Shore of Peace», non-governmental nonprofit human rights organizations, present to the reader a report containing various information about violent criminal acts committed during the military conflict in eastern Ukraine between 2014–2018
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Report the loss of civilian population, the destruction of housing and infrastructure as a result of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine
Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group offers the readers the report on the results of study of the consequences of the armed conflict for civilian population and civilian objects on the territory, where in 2014–2015 there were hostilities, and along the demarcation line between the occupied territories and the territories controlled by the government