Conflict

Ukrainian prisoners of war are welcomed following a prisoner exchange on May 25, 2025 in Chernihiv Region, Ukraine. Today's swap brought home 303 soldiers, completing a "1,000 for 1,000" prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia after three days of exchanges. © Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Ukrainian Returnees Face Complex Needs

Judicial and human rights institutions integrate support for returning detainees into ongoing war crimes justice processes.

18 Nov 25

Ukrainian families of prisoners of war wait to see if their loved ones will be amongst the arrivals on May 24, 2025 in Chernihiv, Ukraine. © Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Protecting Ukrainian POWs

Read about efforts underway to hold Russia accountable for its "widespread and systematic" abuses of Ukrainian prisoners of war.

7 Nov 25

A view to Sevastopol on August 12, 2015, Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill in March 2014 to annexe the Crimean peninsula but Ukraine and most of the international community do not recognise its annexation. © Alexander Aksakov/Getty Images

Demographic Crime: How Russia is Repopulating Occupied Territories

Such actions are a flagrant violation of international laws which protects civilians in wartime.

4 Nov 25

Kunle Adebajo from Nigeria poses with his award for West Africa's Journalist of the Year 2025. Photo: Media Foundation for West Africa/Google Maps composite.

West Africa's Journalist of the Year

An award-winning journalist's IWPR story revealed how international crowdfunding fuels separatist conflict in Nigeria.

24 Oct 25

Russian rifleman Dmitrii Kurashov, captured by Ukraine's forces in late January 2024, is accused of a shooting a Ukrainian soldier after he had surrendered in Zaporizhzhia region. © Security Service of Ukraine

Ukraine: “Just Sentence Me”

Russian rifleman has admitted to killing a Ukrainian POW, although he refuses to give evidence.

14 Oct 25

Russian POWs are seen waiting in line to call home to Russia in a prisoner of war detention camp on August 3, 2023 in the Lviv region, Ukraine. Hundreds of captured Russian POWs including conscripts, mercenaries, Wagner militia and Storm-Z Russian prisoners are being held in up to 50 sites around Ukraine. © Paula Bronstein /Getty Images

Prosecuting Russia’s Foreign Mercenaries

Fighters have been recruited from as far afield as South East Asia, Africa and North Korea, but their legal status remains ambiguous.

14 Oct 25

Ukrainian servicemen carry the coffin of Yehor Bartosh, a member of the 'Azov' unit killed in the Olenivka detention center, during the funeral service outside his house on April 25, 2023 in the village of Korniivka, Kyiv region, Ukraine. © Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

Ukraine: “To Be Silent Is to Let Them Keep Killing”

Why Olenivka’s bereaved families are taking their case to the International Criminal Court.

10 Oct 25

A Ukrainian citizen has been convicted in absentia for organising the forced mobilisation of civilians in the occupied Luhansk region to serve in illegal armed formations. © Scott Olson/Getty Images

Ukrainian Sentenced for Forced Mobilisation into Russian Army

Court found that indictee's actions undermined Ukraine’s national security and violated international law.

6 Oct 25

Photos of missing prisoners of war are displayed on a board on May 25, 2025 in Chernihiv Region, Ukraine. © Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Russian Tried for Killing Ukrainian POWs in Kursk

Case is one of several reports of summary executions carried out in captured territory.

25 Sep 25

Ainur Shafikov was among the Russian forces deployed to the eastern front to capture the Kharkiv region. © Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office

Kharkiv “Mock Execution” Trial Adjourned

Russian serviceman accused of carrying out abuses during 2022 occupation.

22 Sep 25

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