OSCE Releases Report Finding Crimes Committed by Russian Military and Authorities Against Ukrainian POWs

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Friday, October 31, 2025
Author: 
Michael Plachta
Volume: 
41
Issue: 
12
Abstract: 

On July 24, 2025, and following consultation with Ukraine, forty-one participating States from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) invoked the Moscow Mechanism “on violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarn law (IHL), including possible cases of war crimes and crimes against humanity, related to the treatment of Ukrainian POWs by the Russian Federation.”