10/05/2022 16:34

The Commissioner held an online meeting with British experts on war crimes

Held an online meeting with British war crimes experts - former United Kingdom Attorney, Adviser to the Attorney General of Ukraine Sir Howard Morrison, Chief of Human Security of the United Kingdom Armed Forces Major Jason Wright and Criminal Investigator and Criminal Investigator.

Spoke about the work of the Commissioner for Documenting Human Rights Violations by the russian aggressor in Ukraine.

Reported, that since February 24, the Commissioner's 24-hour hotline has received 35,000 citizens' appeals, 4,900 of which concerned the receipt of humanitarian aid for 33,000 people, more than 11,000 for the search for 16,000 missing persons.

With the support of UNICEF, a telephone helpline has been launched since April 1, with more than 900 calls received.  The military and civilians with suicidal tendencies who have experienced sexual violence and bloody torture are appealing.  Since the beginning of its work, most people have called from Kyiv, then Chernihiv, now - from the liberated settlements of Kherson, Zaporozhye and Kharkiv.

135 people still receive prolonged psychological assistance.  Our psychologists are also working with victims to encourage official testimony to law enforcement to bring perpetrators to justice.

Drew the attention of British experts to the problem of forced deportation of Ukrainians to Russia.  Russian law enforcement agencies report that 1,185,000 residents of the occupied territories of Ukraine have already been deported to Russia, of which about 200,000 are children.

At present, there is a need to work out, together with international organizations and experts from partner countries, a mechanism for returning these Ukrainian citizens to Ukraine or transferring them to other states.

Thanked the British experts for their assistance to Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, as well as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson, who has become a great friend of our country.

Thanks to this support, Ukraine will definitely win and russian criminals will be punished!

Everything will be Ukraine!