Vienna — An OSCE expert mission has documented the forced deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia in a report concluding that the practice is widespread, systematic and organised from the top of the Russian state — the same conclusion the International Criminal Court reached when it issued arrest warrants in March. The third […]
Vienna — A panel of independent experts established under the OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism has found clear patterns of violations of international humanitarian law by Russian forces in Ukraine, in a report that catalogues attacks on hospitals, schools, homes and the theatre in Mariupol where hundreds of civilians had sheltered. The report, published on 13 April, […]
Vienna — An independent expert report commissioned under the OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism has concluded that Belarus committed massive and systematic human rights violations around its disputed presidential election, and recommended that the vote be annulled and new elections held under international supervision. The report, published on 5 November, was written by Professor Wolfgang Benedek of […]