19/05/2022 17:42

The occupiers continue to forcibly integrate Ukrainian children into russia

To do this, the invaders instill in Ukrainian educational institutions in the temporarily occupied territories teaching according to "russian standards".

About 3,500 teachers from these institutions are already undergoing retraining to prepare for work in the temporarily occupied territories.

The act of coercion and interference in the educational process is a direct violation of the right to cultural and national identity guaranteed by Article 29 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the right to education under Articles 24 and 94 of the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War.

I appeal to the UN Commission for Investigation Human Rights Violations during the russian military invasion of Ukraine to take into account these facts of violations of children's rights in Ukraine.