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February 8, 2024 News Release

Ukraine: New Findings on Russia’s Devastation of Mariupol

War Crimes Inquiry Needed into Massive Loss of Civilian Life, Infrastructure

A cyclist walks down a damaged road with destroyed buildings on either side
January 11, 2024 News Release

Russia: New Heights on Repression

No Space For Dissent, Opposition Pushed Into Exile or Behind Bars

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December 20, 2023 News Release

Russia Forces Ukrainians in Occupied Areas into Military

Compelling Ukrainian Civilians to Serve in Russian Armed Forces a War Crime

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November 30, 2023 Letter

Letter by Human Rights Watch on Ukraine Rome Statute Ratification

Council conclusions on enlargement: Call on Ukraine to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

November 9, 2023 News Release

Ukraine: War’s Toll on Schools, Children’s Future

Damage from Military Use of Schools, Bombing, Shelling, Looting

The destroyed playground of a kindergarten
September 21, 2023 Letter

Letter to the Minister of Health of Ukraine: Access to Emergency Contraception

September 15, 2023

September 6, 2023 Dispatches

Russia Denies Its Widespread Use of Cluster Munitions

State-Controlled Media Outlets Reprise Role of Manipulating the Message

Remnants of dozens of Smerch and Uragan cluster munition rockets collected by Ukraine’s State Emergency Service from Kharkiv in April 2022.
August 21, 2023 Statement

Russia’s Deportation, Imprisonment of Ukrainian Rights Activist

Russia should free Iryna Danylovych

August 4, 2023 News Release

Ukraine: Apparent Russian Cluster Munition Attack

9 Civilians Died in Lyman; Possible War Crime

A man rides past a place where a woman was killed by a Russian cluster munition strike in Lyman, Donetsk region, Ukraine on July 8, 2023. 
July 19, 2023 News Release

Ukraine: Russian Missile Strike on Lviv a Possible War Crime

Unlawful Attack Killed 10 Civilians, Injured 48

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July 14, 2023 Commentary

US Cluster Munition Transfer to Ukraine Ignores History of Civilian Harm

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July 6, 2023 News Release

Ukraine: Civilian Deaths from Cluster Munitions

New Research Details Ukrainian Use of Widely Banned Weapon

Осколки боєприпасів 9Н210 або 9Н235 пробили стіни будинку родини, яка мешкає на лівому березі річки Сіверський Донець, під час окупації цієї території російськими військами у 2022 році, продірявивши цю каструлю.
June 30, 2023 News Release

Ukraine Promises Inquiry into Banned Landmine Use

Additional Evidence Underscores Need for Prompt, Thorough Investigation, Accountability

Members of a special demining unit of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine searching for landmines in Horenka, Kyiv oblast, May 27, 2022.
June 15, 2023 Statement

Key recommendations on the reform of Ukraine’s child protection and care system

June 14, 2023 Witness

“Loss After Loss After Loss”: Dam Destruction in Ukraine

Russian Authorities Fail to Provide Timely Evacuation, Aid to Civilians

The flooded town of Oleshky, Ukraine, after the June 6 destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam, June 10, 2023.

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