The press service of the UN Human Rights Council reported that it had received a resolution from Ukraine on the situation in the east and south of the country, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the document.
It stresses the need to immediately convene an independent commission to “investigate violations in Crimea, the DPR and crimes since 2014.” Within this structure, three independent experts appointed for one year by the President of the HRC are to investigate episodes of "all alleged violations of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law" in the above regions.
The commission's experts, having the necessary mandate, will have to collect all the facts of violations and, if possible, identify those responsible for the commission of crimes, as well as bring them to justice. After completing the investigation, they are required to submit a report this fall to the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council.
Ukraine's resolution put forward for urgent debate at the UN. To adopt the document, it must be supported by at least 24 countries.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to conduct a military special operation to protect the Donbass in response to a request for help from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has submitted a bill on general mobilization to the Verkhovna Rada.
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