ISHR publishes comprehensive documentation on the human rights situation in Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine.   Ukraine: Systematic torture and extensive Russification in occupied territories ISHR publishes comprehensive documentation on human rights situation in Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine 24 September 2025  "There's an old rule: wherever a Russian soldier sets foot, it's ours"   The president of the largest country in the world, Vladimir Putin, accused of war crimes, said on

Caring for the injured, enabling rehabilitation, reintegrating traumatised people into their families and society. Ukraine IGFM member R.B., who together with the local organisation "Veterans" has been assisting war victims with permanent disabilities and their families - children, wives, elderly parents - as well as orphans and widows in Odessa for almost two months, reports on the consequences of the Russian tactics of attrition - pretending to be willing to

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has issued a fact sheet on the situation of civilian casualties in Ukraine for April 2025.   With at least 209 civilians killed and 1,146 injured, the number of civilian casualties in April was 23 per cent higher than in March 2025, and 84 per cent higher than in April 2024. April was also the deadliest month for civilians since

  On 27 May, ISHR Secretary General Matthias K. Boehning participated in a letter-writing workshop in Berlin, co-organised by ISHR and the human rights organisation Libereco. The event focused on writing postcards to Ukrainian civilian prisoners detained by Russian authorities and sending letters of appeal to the Russian Embassy. With about 20 participants, the workshop produced 50 postcards and 60 appeal letters. Special guest Liusiena Zinovkina, wife of a detained