IWPR's Frontline Updates – unique insights from our network of local reporters and updates from our programmes.
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.
![A destroyed Russian tank is seen by the side of the road on December 15, 2022 in Kupiansk, Ukraine.](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/focus_main_image_932_x_580_/public/images/story/GettyImages-1449488435.jpg?h=f03e5529)
COURT REPORT
Russian Commander Convicted of Kidnapping Unarmed Civilian
The tanker robbed Ukrainian man and held him at gunpoint before victim managed to escape.
![Forensic police exhume bodies from unidentified makeshift graves at the Pishanske cemetery on September 23, 2022 in Izium, Ukraine. A total of 447 bodies was exhumed from the gravesite, including 22 soldiers and 5 children, and the bodies will be examined for possible war crimes.](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/grid_large_932_/public/images/story/GettyImages-1243456911.jpg)
INTERVIEW
Prosecuting War Crimes in Civilian Courts
Are such trials compatible with international humanitarian law?
UKRAINE JUSTICE BRIEFING
Tuesday, 16 May ‘23
This week’s overview of key events and links to essential reading.
• Russian Colonel Suspected of Organising Kherson Torture Chambers
• Russian Soldier to be Tried in Absentia for Murdering Izyum Resident
• SBU Identifies Three Militants Suspected of Creating Mykolayiv Torture Chamber
• War Crimes Database Has Over 200,000 Names of Russian Soldiers
More from IWPR on Ukraine
![The press conference of the participants to the 2023 Eurovision song contest. The event is held in Liverpool, UK, on behalf of Ukraine, which won the 2022 edition but could not host the event due to the ongoing Russian invasion.](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/grid_large_932_/public/images/story/ukraine-eurovision-5.jpg)
The Blue-And-Yellow Eurovision
Song contest provides highly symbolic moment of national unity for Ukrainians both at home and abroad.
Ukraine Justice Report