Protecting victims of international crimes in criminal proceedings in Ukraine: international experience and national priorities
Rule of law, human rights, and justice solutions to support victims, society,
and the state in overcoming the aftermath of the armed conflict in Ukraine and beyond.
Our goal is to support victims and survivors of grave crimes in Ukraine and beyond — restoring their rights and ensuring that perpetrators are held accountable.
We work professionally and with compassion toward those who have suffered the greatest harm.
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Vadym Golda, OSCE SMM staff member, likely being transferred from temporarily occupied Donetsk Oblast to Russia
According to his family, Vadym, who had been held in temporarily occupied Donetsk region, was last in touch with them on 15 October 2026. He had previously told them that for several months there had been rumours of an “evacuation” of convicted prisoners to Siberia, and that since August 2026 people had been regularly taken […]
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Why Ukraine Needs a State Policy on Justice for Grave Crimes — a Warsaw Human Dimension Conference 2026 Side Event
What would a comprehensive state policy on justice for grave international crimes look like, and why does Ukraine need one now? These questions were discussed on 8 October at a side event of the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference 2026 (WHDC), co-organised by ULAG and Civil Rights Defenders. The panellists were Alina Pavliuk (ULAG), Onysiia Syniuk […]
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Toronto Conference: Seeking Pathways for the Return of All Ukrainians, Including Detained OSCE Staff
At a high-level conference in Toronto on 28–29 September, the case of three detained OSCE staff members, Dmytro Shabanov, Maksym Petrov and Vadym Golda, was part of the discussion on effective pathways for the return of Ukrainian civilians, prisoners of war and children.
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