Europe must finally act decisively - two experts and a war opponent on Putin-Russia's fight against freedom! Valerio Krüger Dear readers, the struggle for freedom and peace is a painful daily reality for millions of people in massive brutality just a few hundred kilometres to the east of us. Tens of thousands of members of Ukrainian families are fighting on the front line, while civilians in Ukrainian cities
19-year-old anti-war activist Daria Kozyreva begins her closing speech in Ukrainian before the Russian court. She evokes the strength of Ukraine and says, "It is clear that Putin cannot realise that Ukraine is a sovereign nation. Today, the shackles have long since been thrown off. Nobody will put them back on Ukraine. The people have bled for their freedom for centuries. It will no longer surrender this freedom to anyone.
Civilian Prisoners in Russian-Occupied Territories Introduction and Context Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022, reports have emerged of thousands of Ukrainian civilians detained in Russian-occupied territories, including parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Crimea. These detentions, often arbitrary and lacking legal basis, have raised significant human rights concerns, with allegations of torture, enforced disappearances, and inhumane conditions. This article provides an informative overview of
Russian human rights activists have prepared a manifesto "To return law and human rights to international politics". The most dangerous and tragic trend in contemporary international politics is the gradual abandonment of international law and human rights as the basis of the world order, against the backdrop of the devaluation of the documents and institutions that protect them. In fact, it is the destruction of everything that was created
At the 53rd annual conference of the ISHR in March 2025, Russian human rights defender Dr Lev Ponomaryov will address the global crises caused by the Russian war of aggression, geopolitical tensions and the devaluation of human rights and international law. He calls for a resolute European stance and the protection of humanitarian concerns in international negotiations. "Lasting peace will not be built if the nature of the political regime
The President of the ISHR adds personal words to Vladimir Novitsky Vladimir Novitski, President of the Russian Section of the ISHR, m. Prof. Dr. mult. Thomas Schirrmacher, President of the ISHR worldwide, r. Karl Hafen, successor to the founder of the ISHR, Managing Director for many years © ISHR In addition to the obituary of the International Society for Human Rights and its German Section to Vladimir Mikhailovich Novitsky, the
The President of the Russian section of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR), lawyer Vladimir Mikhailovich Novitsky , died suddenly and unexpectedly in the night of April 3 to 4, 2025 at the age of 68. The ISHR mourns the loss of a long-time colleague and good friend. Our thoughts are with his family and we express our deepest sympathy. Vladimir Nowitski, an expert in European legal history, was
The image was generated with the help of artificial intelligence. As the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR ) publishes its harrowing documentary ‘The Impact of Armed Conflict and Occupation on Children's Rights in Ukraine (24 February 2022 - 31 December 2024)’, the Trump administration under Elon Musk cancels a major Yale University programme to prosecute Putin's war crimes against 20,000 abducted Ukrainian
Today marks 10 years since that terrible evening in February, when Boris Nemtsov's life was cut short on the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge. Boris Nemtsov 10 years is a whole epoch, but the memory of him lives on, and with each passing year one feels more and more acutely what Russia could have been if it had not been for that fatal shot. A man who wasn't afraid to
3 years of war in Ukraine Human rights must not be reduced to a laughing stock of the European provinces. Europe must now urgently make up for its reprehensible failures and take tougher measures. The image has been generated using artificial intelligence. Europe must look at these figures[1] today Three years ago, Ukraine was the largest country in geographical Europe, with a peaceful population of 40 million people striving
