A/RES/80/223
Situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied territories of
Ukraine, including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the
city of Sevastopol
including combat training of children and youth for military service in the Russian
armed forces as well as the introduction of the “military-patriotic” education system,
and its blocking of access to Ukrainian education,
Condemning the incitement of hatred against Ukraine, Ukrainians and Crimean
Tatars as well as the dissemination of disinformation seeking to justify the war of
aggression against Ukraine by the Russian Federation, including through the
education system and youth policy,
Gravely concerned by the above-mentioned policies and practices of the Russian
Federation, which cause a continuing threat and have caused a large number of
Ukrainians to flee from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine,
Recalling that individual or mass forcible transfers and deportations of protected
persons from occupied territory to the territory of the occupying Power, or to that of
any other country, occupied or not, and the transfer by an occupying Power of parts
of its own civilian population into the territory that it occupies, are prohibited under
international humanitarian law, and may amount to war crimes or crimes against
humanity,
Deeply concerned by consistent reports that the Russian Federation promotes
policies and conducts practices aimed at changing the demographic, including ethnic,
structure in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine,
Concerned about the negative effects on the full and effective enjoyment of
human rights by residents of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, resulting
from disruptive activities of the occupying Power, including the expropriation of land
and residential property, the demolition of houses and the depletion and acquisition
of natural and agricultural resources,
Reaffirming the right of return of all internally displaced persons and refugees
affected by the temporary occupation by the Russian Federation to their homes in
Ukraine,
Reaffirming its serious concern that, according to the decision of the so-called
“Supreme Court of Crimea” of 26 April 2016 and the decision of the Supreme Court
of the Russian Federation of 29 September 2016, the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar
People, the representative body of the Indigenous People of Crimea – the Crimean
Tatars – continues to be declared an extremist organization and the ban on its activities
has still not been repealed, and that the persecution of the leaders of the Mejlis of the
Crimean Tatar People continues,
Condemning the ongoing pressure exerted upon persons belonging to religious
minorities and their communities, including through frequent police raids, demolition
of and eviction from buildings dedicated to religion, undue registration requirements
that have affected legal status and property rights and threats against and persecution
of those belonging to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Protestant churches, Muslim
religious communities, Greek Catholics, Roman Catholics and Jehovah’s Witnesses,
and condemning also the baseless prosecution of dozens of peaceful Muslims for
allegedly belonging to extremist organizations,
Gravely concerned about the constant use of military courts, including those
located on the territory of the Russian Federation, to try civilian residents of the
temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and mounting evidence of the failure of
the occupying Power to uphold fair trial standards, including by setting up in the
temporarily occupied territories illegal courts that do not meet international standards
with respect to the independence and impartiality of the judges, the transparency of
court proceedings, the presumption of innocence of the accused or their right to a
defence,
6/15
25-20987
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