A child evacuated from Ukraine’s Russian-controlled Kherson region in the town of Dzhankoi on November 2, 2022. ALEXEY PAVLISHAK / REUTERS
The UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday demanded that Russia allow international organizations to visit children and other civilians “who have been forcibly deported” in Ukraine to territories controlled by Moscow.
The resolution adopted on Tuesday calls on Moscow to “cease the unlawful forcible transfer and deportation of civilians and other protected persons inside Ukraine or to the Russian Federation (…), in particular children, including those in institutions , those who are unaccompanied and those who are separated“. The text was adopted by 28 votes for, 17 abstentions and two against (China and Eritrea).