ASP joins 26 other organisations to urge the Secretary General of the UN to list Russian state actors in the annex of the forthcoming Annual Report on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence.
This includes the listing of Russian Armed Forces, the Russian National Guard, the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), and the Federal Security Service (FSB).
Despite credible, extensively documented evidence indicating a pattern of sexual violence committed by these actors, these entities have not been explicitly listed to date.
In line with repeated calls from survivors and survivor-led organisations in Ukraine, we urge the Secretary-General to remedy this omission, act consistently with the UN survivor-centred approach, and list Russian state actors in the annex.
Read the full letter, co-signed by:
All Survivors Project
Alumni Network of Ukrainian Men who Survived Captivity and Torture
The Andreiev Family Foundation
Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights
Civilian Prisoners
Dr Denis Mukwege Foundation
The Eastern Ukrainian Centre for Civic Initiatives
Free to Live
Global Rights Compliance
Global Survivors Fund
Human Rights Watch
Legal Action Worldwide (LAW)
Interjust
Media Initiative for Human Rights
New Lines International
Numo Sisters
Physicians for Human Rights
REDRESS
SEMA Ukraine
Synergy for Justice
Truth Hounds
Ukrainian Legal Advisory Group (ULAG)
Ukrainian Women Lawyers Association “JurFem”
Way of the Freemen
Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice
Zminia Human Rights Centre
29th December
