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 Noting the issuance of warrants of arrest by the International Criminal Court for Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, and Maria Lvova -Belova, Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation, on the basis that there are reasonable grounds to believe that they are responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of children and that of unlawful transfer of children from temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation, Noting also the issuance of warrants of arrest by the International Criminal Court for Sergei Shoigu, Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation at the time of the alleged conduct, and Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation at the time of the alleged conduct, on the basis that there are reasonable grounds to believe that they are responsible for the war crime of directing attacks at civilian objects and the war crime of causing excessive incidental harm to civilians, or damage to civilian objects, and the crime against humanity of other inhumane acts, Noting further the inclusion for the third consecutive year of the Russian armed forces and affiliated armed groups as a persistent perpetrator of grave violations against children in an annex to the annual report of the Secretary -General on children and armed conflict, 37 specifically for the killing and maiming of children and attacks on schools and hospitals in Ukraine, Expressing deep concern at the full range of threats and human rights violations and abuses experienced by women and girls affected by the war of aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine and under the temporary occupation of the Russian Federation, and recognizing that women and girls are particularly at risk and are often specifically targeted and at an increased risk of violence under occupation, and in war and post-war situations, Commending the efforts of the Special Representative of the Secretary -General on Sexual Violence in Conflict on the prevention of and response to conflict -related sexual violence in Ukraine, Recalling that the Russian armed and security forces and affiliated armed groups have been listed in the 2025 report of the Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence 38 in the appendix concerning parties on notice for potential listing in the next report to the Security Council, Acknowledging the importance of the investigation conducted by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine and emphasizing the role played by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in contributing to an objective appraisal of the situation of human rights in Ukraine, and in this regard welcoming the investigation by the International Criminal Court, Strongly condemning violations of the rights of Ukrainian prisoners of war, including those documented by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine and the mission of experts under the Moscow Mechanism, through the widespread and systematic use of torture and other forms of ill-treatment, including those involving sexual and gender-based violence, the degrading conditions of their detention and the failure to provide adequate medical care, Gravely concerned that the temporary occupation of Crimea became a blueprint for a grave human rights crisis in other territories of Ukraine under temporary occupation by the Russian Federation, _______________ 37 38 25-20987 A/79/878-S/2025/247. S/2025/389. 9/15