“The conflict in the east of Ukraine remains the cause of enormous human suffering and loss of life. It is high time to put an end to it and ensure the effective prosecution and sanctioning of those responsible for human rights violations” said today Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, while releasing the report of his visit to Ukraine carried out last March. In the course of that visit the Commissioner travelled to Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk and the non-government controlled city of Donetsk.
The report highlights pressing human rights issues that have to be addressed urgently in both the government-controlled and non-government controlled territories. The Commissioner underscores in particular the need to uphold the right to life, the prohibition of torture and protection from enforced disappearance. (more...)