{"id":36205,"date":"2025-07-31T15:31:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/?p=36205"},"modified":"2025-07-31T15:39:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:39:46","slug":"abductions-of-ukrainian-women-and-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/breaking-news\/abductions-of-ukrainian-women-and-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Abductions of Ukrainian women and girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

In<\/span> response<\/span> to<\/span> a request<\/span> from the UN<\/span> Committee<\/span> on<\/span> Enforced<\/span> Disappearances<\/span><\/a>, ADC<\/span> Memorial<\/span> and<\/span> Kharkiv<\/span> Human<\/span> Rights Protection Group<\/span> submitted<\/span> an analytical<\/span> report<\/span> on<\/span> the enforced<\/span> disappearances<\/span> of Ukrainian<\/span> women<\/span> and<\/span> girls<\/span> in<\/span> war<\/span> zones<\/span> and<\/span> in the<\/span> territories<\/span> of Ukraine<\/span> temporarily<\/span> occupied<\/span> by Russia<\/span>.<\/span> This<\/span> report<\/span>,<\/span> among<\/span> other<\/span> materials<\/span> from various<\/span> human<\/span> rights organizations<\/span>,<\/span> will<\/span> be taken innto account by the Committee<\/span> in ptreparation of the General<\/span> Comment<\/span>\u00a0No.<\/span> 2<\/span> on<\/span> this<\/span> issue.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The authors<\/span> based<\/span> their<\/span> experience<\/span> on documenting<\/span> and<\/span> analyzing<\/span> Russia<\/span>‘s war<\/span> crimes<\/span> committed<\/span> against<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> during<\/span> the aggressive<\/span> war<\/span> from<\/span> 2014<\/span> to the<\/span> present<\/span>.<\/span> The<\/span> report<\/span> identifies<\/span> a number<\/span> of categories<\/span> of victims<\/span> of enforced<\/span> disappearance<\/span>,<\/span> describes<\/span> their<\/span> particular<\/span> vulnerability<\/span> and<\/span> situations<\/span> of particular<\/span> risk<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Specific<\/span> risks<\/span> for<\/span> women<\/span> and<\/span> girls<\/span> in<\/span> situations<\/span> of enforced<\/span> disappearance<\/span> during<\/span> the war<\/span> should<\/span> be considered<\/span> the loss<\/span> of reproductive<\/span> opportunities<\/span> in<\/span> the future<\/span> due<\/span> to torture<\/span> and<\/span> inhumane<\/span> conditions<\/span> of detention<\/span> in<\/span> places<\/span> of deprivation of liberty<\/span>;<\/span> problems<\/span> of women<\/span>‘s health<\/span> and<\/span> physiology<\/span> in<\/span> captivity<\/span> (<\/span>lack<\/span> of<\/span> hygiene<\/span> products,<\/span> pregnancy<\/span>,<\/span> childbirth<\/span>,<\/span> abortions<\/span>,<\/span> etc<\/span>.)<\/span>;<\/span> the risk<\/span> of sexualized<\/span> violence<\/span>,<\/span> exploitation<\/span>;<\/span> various<\/span> risks<\/span> during<\/span> filtration at checkpoints<\/span>.<\/span> The problem<\/span> of the return<\/span> of abducted<\/span> children<\/span> (<\/span>including<\/span> girls<\/span>)<\/span> in<\/span> conditions<\/span> of concealment<\/span> of information<\/span> by kidnappers<\/span>,<\/span> change<\/span> of personal<\/span> data<\/span> of children<\/span>,<\/span> their<\/span> indoctrination<\/span> and<\/span> identity<\/span> change<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among<\/span> the recommendations<\/span> of the ADC<\/span> “<\/span>Memorial<\/span>“<\/span> and<\/span> the KhPG<\/span>:<\/h4>\n
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  • Support<\/span> (<\/span>psychological<\/span>,<\/span> social<\/span>,<\/span> medical<\/span>,<\/span> etc<\/span>.)<\/span> for female<\/span> survivors<\/span> of enforced<\/span> disappearances<\/span> and<\/span> women<\/span> who<\/span> are looking<\/span> for their<\/span> abducted<\/span> relatives<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Interaction<\/span> of government agencies<\/span> with<\/span> NGOs<\/span> that<\/span> search<\/span> for abducted<\/span> women<\/span>\/<\/span>girls<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Maintaining<\/span> disaggregated<\/span> statistics<\/span> on cases<\/span> of enforced<\/span> disappearances<\/span>, including<\/span> gender<\/span> aspects<\/span> and<\/span> taking into account<\/span> various<\/span> categories<\/span> of women<\/span> (<\/span>ethnicity<\/span>,<\/span> affiliation<\/span> with<\/span> the military<\/span>,<\/span> professional<\/span> activities<\/span> (<\/span>journalists<\/span>,<\/span> human rights defenders<\/span>,<\/span> activists<\/span>,<\/span> civil servants<\/span>,<\/span> teachers<\/span>))<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Inclusion<\/span> in<\/span> the monitoring<\/span> and<\/span> investigation<\/span> of \u00a0all<\/span> possible<\/span> places<\/span> of deprivation of liberty<\/span>,<\/span> both<\/span> institutionally<\/span> and<\/span> spontaneously<\/span> created<\/span> by aggressors<\/span> during<\/span> the armed<\/span> conflict<\/span>\/<\/span>war<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t
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