An aerial view of a military vehicle driven past destroyed buildings on October 08, 2022 in Lozove, Ukraine. © Carl Court/Getty Images
An aerial view of a military vehicle driven past destroyed buildings on October 08, 2022 in Lozove, Ukraine. © Carl Court/Getty Images

Ukraine Justice Report - Issue 96

18 June 2024

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.

Photo of the 15 Russian soldiers tried in absentia for holding 368 Ukrainian civilians in the basement of the school in the village of Yahidne in March 2022. © Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office
Photo of the 15 Russian soldiers tried in absentia for holding 368 Ukrainian civilians in the basement of the school in the village of Yahidne in March 2022. © Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office
COURTSIDE

Trial for Yahidne’s Human Shields Draws to an End

Defence claims that the convicted soldiers were not proven guilty in the nearly one year-long trial prove unsuccessful.
Children ride a roundabout in a play park next to destroyed buildings on November 14, 2022 in Borodyanka , Ukraine. Russia is believed to have deported tens of thousands of Ukrainian children to its own territory, subjecting them to indoctrination, forcing them to take Russian citizenship and often putting them up for adoption.
Children ride a roundabout in a play park next to destroyed buildings on November 14, 2022 in Borodyanka , Ukraine. Russia is believed to have deported tens of thousands of Ukrainian children to its own territory, subjecting them to indoctrination, forcing them to take Russian citizenship and often putting them up for adoption. © Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
INTERVIEW

Returning Ukraine’s Children

Legal experts consider Russia’s wide-scale illegal displacement and deportation of minors to be a war crime.
UKRAINE JUSTICE BRIEFING

Tuesday, 18 June ‘24

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

• Russian Commander Sentenced in Absentia for “Hunting for Girls”
• Citizen Issued Suspicion for Torture of Ukrainian POWs 
• Russian Armed Drone Operator Identified

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