{"id":54713,"date":"2022-11-18T13:15:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T21:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=54713"},"modified":"2022-11-21T10:16:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T18:16:08","slug":"accountability-for-war-crimes-and-other-atrocities-in-ukraine-recent-reporting-on-unjust-detentions-and-disappearances-in-kherson-oblast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=54713","title":{"rendered":"Accountability for War Crimes and Other Atrocities in Ukraine: Recent Reporting on Unjust Detentions and Disappearances in Kherson Oblast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>11\/18\/2022 02:05 PM EST<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Office of the Spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>The Conflict Observatory, a program supported by the U.S. Department of State, released an independent report today that details numerous instances of unjust detentions and disappearances in Kherson, Ukraine, as they relate to Russia\u2019s ongoing filtration operations.\u00a0 Russia must halt these operations and withdraw its forces to end a needless war that it cannot and will not win\u00a0\u2013\u00a0no matter how despicable and desperate its tactics.<\/p>\n<p>Prepared by Conflict Observatory partner Yale Humanitarian Research Lab, the new report is available at ConflictObservatory.org.\u00a0 It presents publicly available information about the experiences of more than 220 individuals who are victims, survivors, or witnesses to torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, including gender-based violence, at the hands of Russia and Russia-backed forces.\u00a0 Survivors and witnesses identified at least five individuals who died, as a result of their mistreatment in detention.\u00a0 The report also identifies 12 detention and checkpoint locations across Kherson oblast and Crimea, and notes a disproportionately high incidence of reported mistreatment of members of the Crimean Tatar community.<\/p>\n<p>The Conflict Observatory is a program that independently compiles and documents evidence to support investigations of those responsible for abuses.\u00a0 This report and others like it demonstrate and strengthen U.S. and international resolve to pursue accountability for war crimes and other atrocities in Ukraine.\u00a0 The United States\u00a0supports unified and coordinated action for all existing efforts to examine mounting evidence of atrocities in Ukraine, including the International Criminal Court, the UN Commission of Inquiry, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, the expert missions established under the OSCE\u2019s Moscow Mechanism, and the Joint Investigative Team coordinated through Eurojust.\u00a0\u00a0Additionally, through the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group, the United States is working closely with Ukraine and our partners to support Ukraine\u2019s domestic war crimes investigations and prosecutions of perpetrators.<\/p>\n<p>The United States remains unwavering in its support of the government and people of Ukraine as they defend their country and their freedom.\u00a0 There is only one country waging this unprovoked, premeditated war of choice with willful disregard for human life: Russia.\u00a0 The United States is committed to holding those responsible to account, no matter how long that takes. \u00a0The people of Ukraine demand and deserve justice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_5850013334305475556mail_footer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11\/18\/2022 02:05 PM EST Office 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