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Actions and meetings for Ukraine’s stolen children Actions et reunions en faveur des enfants volés de l'Ukraine
LONDON * BRUSSELS
INTERNATIONAL ONLINE MEETING ON KIDNAPPING OF UKRAINIAN CHILDREN
In English, French and Ukrainian
Zoom link (registration required): https://us02web.zoom.us/.../register/QPZ2-j70RYGoF9bzvcGgMA
Panelists will include
Kateryna Rashevska /an international law and legal expert at the Regional Centre of Human Rights, children's rights activist
Mykola Komarovskyi, lawyer at NGO Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group and author of one of its submissions to the International Criminal Court regarding the forced deportation of Ukrainian children (right)
Friday, May 30, at 1900 hours, Central European Time
Since 2014 Russia has forcibly transferred almost 20,000 Ukrainian children to areas under its control, assigned them Russian citizenship, forcibly adopted them into Russian families, and created obstacles for their reunification with their parents and homeland. The true scale of the crisis may be far greater.
On the eve of International Children’s Day, which is celebrated on the June 1, the European Network in Solidarity with Ukraine invites you to a meeting where we can discuss in more detail about the crimes of Russia towards Ukrainian children.
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Statements in support of returning abducted children and protesting on June 1 Déclarations en faveur du retour des enfants enlevés et de la manifestation du 1er juin
1. Comité Français de la Réseau Européen de Solidarité Avec l’Ukraine : Il faut sauver les enfants de l’Ukraine
2. European Parliament: Return of Ukrainian children forcibly transferred and deported by Russia
Text of resolution, May 8 (other EU languages available here)
Adopted by 516 votes in favour, 3 votes against and 34 abstentions
Summary: MEPs strongly condemn the "genocidal strategy" carried out by Russia, with the support of Belarus, designed to erase Ukrainian identity. The forced transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children, their illegal adoption, their assassination, and the forced Russification and militarisation must stop.
Russia must report the identities and whereabouts of all deported Ukrainian children and ensure their well-being and safe and unconditional return. The Russian authorities must also allow international organisations, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and UNICEF, access to all deported Ukrainian children, argue MEPs.
The EU must continue to support the Ukrainian authorities and international and non governmental organisations in their efforts to document the deported children. MEPs also call on the EU and the member states to join the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children. The international community must meanwhile hold Russia accountable by reinforcing coordination through the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice, and the Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. Any genuine peace deal must include the repatriation of these children and accountability for forcible transfers and deportations.