All parties to the
armed conflict in Ukraine are obligated to abide by international humanitarian
law, or the laws of war, including the Geneva Conventions of 1949, the First
Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions, and customary international law.
Belligerent armed forces that have effective control of an area are subject to
the international law of occupation. International human rights law, which is
applicable at all times, also applies.
The laws of war
prohibit willful killing, rape and other sexual violence, torture, and inhumane
treatment of captured combatants and civilians in custody. Pillage and looting
are also prohibited. Anyone who orders or deliberately commits such acts, or
aids and abets them, is responsible for war crimes. Commanders of forces who
knew or had reason to know about such crimes but did not attempt to stop them
or punish those responsible are criminally liable for war crimes as a matter of
command responsibility.
Just few facts with no comments:
In Irpin:
* 9 y.o. girl was raped by 11 (at least 11 sperm samples
were found) soldiers, then they cut the letter “Z” on her chest and ripped her
stomach open. Her parents were killed in front of her.
* Mother, father, 3 daughters 5, 8, 17 years old. Russians
settled in their house. The father was shot dead the same day. They raped the
children in front of the mother, she was raped too. Girls aged 5 and 8, died
from rape and injuries. 17 years old daughter and mother survived, but they are
in critical condition in hospital.
* Mother, father, 11 years old daughter and their shepherd.
The father was shot. The dog was cut for 4 hours in front of the child and
mother. During 1 week, the mother was raped in front of her child.
In Bucha:
* Mother, father, daughter 9 years old and son 5 years old. Soldiers
from the Kadyrov brigade entered their private house. The father’s hands were
tied, he was brought to his knees and shot in front of his wife and children.
The next day, the boy's genitals were cut off, he died of bleeding. The mother
and daughter were raped for 2 weeks.
* Mother, father, grandparents and 2 years old girl. They
found all dead in the house. Father with their hands tied and shot. The child
has a cut throat. Mother with torn genitals and slaughtered.
* 14 years old girl was raped by 5 Russian occupiers. She’s
pregnant now. The laughed that now she will remember quite well the Russian
World
* 11 years old boy was raped in front of his mother. She was
tied to a chair to watch.
* 25 girls and women aged 14 to 24 were systematically raped
in the basement. Nine of them are pregnant. Russian soldiers told them they
would rape them to the point where they wouldn't want sexual contact with any
man, to prevent them from having Ukrainian children.
As individuals,
Russian soldiers are no more brutal than any other. But they operate within an
institutional culture that tacitly allows and actively encourages barbaric
behavior. Radio intercepts reveal them discussing the killing of civilians as a
deliberate tactic. Putin’s propaganda machine has dehumanized the Ukrainians,
making it much easier for his troops to brutalize them.
Sources and Additional
Information:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/03/ukraine-apparent-war-crimes-russia-controlled-areas
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61071243
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/17/world/europe/ukraine-war-russia-atrocities.html
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