08/05/2022 15:16

The occupying authorities forbade Mariupol residents to move through the destroyed city and within the occupied part of the Donetsk region without so-called "filtration

First you need to pass the "check" in one of the regional departments of the "ministry of internal affairs" in Mangush, Novoazovsk, Nikolsky or at the checkpoints Mangush and Bezymyanne.

After that, Mariupol residents need to apply to the so-called "commandant's office" of Mariupol with a certificate and get a travel permit within the Donetsk region.

Three documents that Mariupol residents must receive in order to "freely" move temporarily through the occupied territory of Donetsk region: a certificate of "filtration", a permit to move through the city streets and a permit to move outside Mariupol.

By restricting the freedom of movement of citizens, the occupying country violates the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 1966, Article 12 of which guarantees everyone the right to freedom of movement.

According to Articles 7 and 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, by committing "filtering measures", Russia commits a war crime and a crime against humanity.  In addition, Russia's actions are a direct violation of Articles 3 and 34 of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, Articles 9 and 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which guarantee the right to liberty and security  .

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 Russian war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine.