Situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied territories of
Ukraine, including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the
city of Sevastopol
A/RES/80/223
Moscow Mechanism of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in
which they stated that a wide array of gross and systematic violations and abuses of
human rights continued to take place in Ukrainian territory affected by aggression by
the Russian Federation,
Welcoming also the reports of the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the temporarily
occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine,
submitted pursuant to resolutions 71/205 19 and 72/190, 20 and the reports of the
Secretary-General submitted pursuant to resolutions 73/263, 21 74/168, 22 75/192, 23
76/179, 24 77/229, 25 78/221 26 and 79/184, 27 and recalling with deep concern the reports
of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine of 18 October
2022, 28 15 March 2023, 29 19 October 2023, 30 18 March 2024, 31 25 October 2024, 32
28 May 2025, 21 October 2025 33 and 28 October 2025 34 pursuant to Human Rights
Council resolutions 49/1, 52/32, 55/23 and 58/24 on the situation of human rights in
Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression,
Condemning the imposition and retroactive application of the legal system of
the Russian Federation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, including
the forced or compulsory imposition of citizenship of the Russian Federation on
protected persons, as well as the associated negative impacts on the human rights
situation, including the forcible transfer within temporarily occupied territory or
deportation of civilians, deprivation of land and residential property ownership and
the regressive effects on the enjoyment of human rights by residents, particularly
those who have rejected that citizenship,
Deeply concerned about continued reports that the law enforcement officials of
the Russian Federation conduct searches and raids of private homes, businesses,
religious institutions, media outlets and meeting places in the temporarily occupied
territories of Ukraine, often pillaging and requisitioning private property, and
recalling that the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights prohibits
arbitrary or unlawful interference with a person’s privacy, family, home or
correspondence,
Gravely concerned that, since 2014, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment has reportedly been widely and systematically used by the
Russian authorities, and expressing deep concern about the ongoing reports of
arbitrary detentions, arrests and sentencing by the Russian Federation of Ukrainian
citizens and citizens of other countries, in particular for statements and actions in
opposition to the war of aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, including
Emir-Usein Kuku, Halyna Dovhopola, Server Mustafayev, Asan and Aziz Akhtemov,
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19
See A/72/498.
See A/73/404.
21
A/74/276.
22
A/75/334 and A/HRC/44/21.
23
A/76/260 and A/HRC/47/58.
24
A/77/220 and A/HRC/50/65.
25
A/78/340 and A/HRC/53/64.
26
A/79/258 and A/HRC/56/69.
27
A/80/315.
28
A/77/533.
29
A/HRC/52/62.
30
A/78/540.
31
A/HRC/55/66.
32
A/79/549.
33
A/80/497.
34
A/HRC/58/67.
20
4/15
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