
From Euromaiden Press: RUSSIAN WAR CRIMES
Russian attacks on Ukrainian unarmed civilians – torture, sexual violence, murder, and forceful detainment — are war crimes. Furthermore, Russia’s systematic human rights violations could indicate genocide and crimes against humanity, the UN-backed Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine said in a report released on March 16.
In March 2022, following Russia’s full-scale invasion, the president of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Federico Villegas Beltrán, announced the establishment of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine. This commission will investigate all alleged violations and abuses of human rights and international humanitarian law (IHL) during the Russian war against Ukraine….