In the border town of Kozacha Lopan, in the Kharkiv region, police discovered a jail that they believe Russian soldiers used as a torture chamber September 25, 2022 in Kozacha Lopan, Ukraine.
In the border town of Kozacha Lopan, in the Kharkiv region, police discovered a jail that they believe Russian soldiers used as a torture chamber September 25, 2022 in Kozacha Lopan, Ukraine. © Paula Bronstein /Getty Images

Ukraine Justice Report - Issue 29

21 February 2023

IWPR's Frontline Updates – unique insights from our network of local reporters and updates from our programmes.

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IWPR’s weekly Ukraine Justice Report provides an overview of key events and links to essential reading from Ukrainian and international reports alongside dedicated IWPR reporting and analysis.

Items are seen inside a cell at a preliminary detention centre which is believed to have been used by Russian forces to jail and torture civilians on November 16, 2022 in Kherson, Ukraine.
Items are seen inside a cell at a preliminary detention centre which is believed to have been used by Russian forces to jail and torture civilians on November 16, 2022 in Kherson, Ukraine. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images
UKRAINE WAR DIARY BY A. BORDEN

Justice Under Fire in Kherson

Despite huge obstacles, the regional war crimes unit is steadily assembling its cases for torture and shelling.
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An aerial view of artillery craters scarring the landscape next to a destroyed house on October 24, 2022 in Sulyhivka, Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine.
An aerial view of artillery craters scarring the landscape next to a destroyed house on October 24, 2022 in Sulyhivka, Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine. © Carl Court/Getty Images
INTERVIEW

Environmental Damage as a War Crime

Despite widespread destruction, prosecuting Russia will come with many challenges.
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In many liberated Ukrainian villages police have discovered buildings that appear to have been used by Russian soldiers as prisons and suspected torture chambers.
In many liberated Ukrainian villages police have discovered buildings that appear to have been used by Russian soldiers as prisons and suspected torture chambers. © Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
COURT REPORT

Torture in the Chernihiv Region

Case brought over brutal detention and abuse of local man randomly shot at and imprisoned.
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UKRAINE JUSTICE BRIEFING

Tuesday, 21 February ‘23

This week’s overview of key events and links to essential reading.

•  Colonel General Notified of Suspicion 
•  Two Russian Soldiers to be Tried in Absentia 
•  Suspicion Issued to Belarusian Wagner Group Mercenary
•  Russian Militia Leader to be Tried in Absentia for Crimes in Crimea
•  Deputy Head of the Occupation Administration in Kharkiv Region Suspected of War Crimes

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