Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic
of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine
A/RES/72/190
and relevant decisions of international organizations, specialized agencies and bodies
within the United Nations system,
Condemning the ongoing temporary occupation of part of the territory of
Ukraine – the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (hereinafter
“Crimea”) – by the Russian Federation, and reaffirming the non-recognition of its
annexation,
Supporting the commitment by Ukraine to adhere to international law in its
efforts to put an end to the Russian occupation of Crimea, and welcoming the
commitments by Ukraine to protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of
all its citizens,
Reaffirming the obligation of States to ensure that persons belonging to national
or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities may exercise fully and effectively all
human rights and fundamental freedoms without any discrimination and in full
equality before the law,
Welcoming the reports of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights on the human rights situation in Ukraine, of the Commissioner for
Human Rights of the Council of Europe, and of the human rights assessment mission
of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the High
Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe, in which they stated that violations and abuses of human
rights continued to take place in Crimea and pointed to the sharp deterioration of the
overall human rights situation,
Welcoming also the report 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 resolution 71/205 4
Reaffirming its grave concern that the human rights monitoring mission in
Ukraine continues to be denied access to Crimea, despite its existing mandate, which
covers the entire territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders,
Condemning the imposition and retroactive application of the legal system of
the Russian Federation, and its negative impact on the human rights situation in
Crimea, the imposition of automatic Russian Federation citizenship on protected
persons in Crimea, which is contrary to international humanitarian law, including the
Geneva Conventions and customary international law, and the regressive effects on
the enjoyment of human rights of those who have rejected that citizenship,
Condemning also the reported serious violations and abuses committed against
residents of Crimea, in particular extrajudicial killings, abd uctions, enforced
disappearances, politically motivated prosecutions, discrimination, harassment,
intimidation, violence, including sexual violence, arbitrary detentions, torture and ill treatment, in particular to extract confessions, and psychiatric inte rnment, and their
transfer or deportation from Crimea to the Russian Federation, as well as reported
abuses of other fundamental freedoms, including the freedoms of expression, religion
or belief and association and the right to peaceful assembly,
Reaffirming its serious concern at 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 to declare the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People,
the self-governing body of the Crimean Tatars, to be an extremist organization and to
ban its activities,
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See A/72/498.
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