The collection of preliminary interviews by lawyers and psychologists of the Center for the Documentation of War Crimes (hereinafter - the Center) began on September 12, 2022, and from that time until December 27, 656 preliminary interviews were collected. Witnesses and victims reported about 4487 war crimes. Interviews were collected directly at the Center premises (Marszalkowska 77/79) in Warsaw and during the visits of specialists (lawyers and psychologists) to the places of centralized re...

South Korea (ROK)’s display of leadership as a global pivotal state in pursuing justice and accountability for Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the attendant war crimes at the UN General Assembly, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC)

Following the atrocities carried out by Vladimir Putin’s regime against Ukrainian civilians, MEPs have recognized Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. The resolution was adopted by 494 votes in favor, 58 against with 44 abstentions.

On February, 24, 2022, russia extended their armed aggression against Ukraine, which was unleashed in 2014 with the illegal annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol, and with the temporary occupation of certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Unlike the previous stage of the international armed conflict (2014-2022), with the attack on February, 24, 2022, russia has already openly used their armed forces and other government and private paramilitary groups ...

On October 5, in Warsaw, Civil Network OPORA and International Center fir Ukrainian Victory organized the discussion “Establishment of a tribunal on Russian aggression against Ukraine: High level of responsibility as a safeguard against new conflicts in Europe” withing the OSCE Human Dimensions Conference. One of the invited speakers was Ambassador-at-large of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Anton Korynevych. Below are the detailed notes of his speech.

The global security system in Europe was destroyed by Russia's military aggression against Ukraine. Now it is facing new global challenges. That's why the participants of OSCE Human Dimension Conference discussed the format of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine on October 5 in Warsaw during the side event, organized by Civil Network OPORA together with International Centre for Ukrainian Victory.

On September 19, 2022, the Russian occupation troops and administration intensified their activities to initiate illegal referendums due on September 23–27, 2022, in the occupied territories. In the Kremlin's view, a fake referendum would create “legal grounds” for Russia to annex these territories. The acceleration of the related processes is directly linked to the successful counter-offensive effort of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kharkiv region and in the South. It is also related to th...

Head of Board of Civil Network OPORA Olga Aivazovska considers the death of Ukrainian soldiers in Olenivka to be a "demonstrative murder". According to her, russian leadership authorized this execution.

Following the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine on February, 24, 2022, Civil Network OPORA, as a non-governmental organization with significant background in observation of the election process in Ukraine and recording of electoral fraud, using its best practices to ensure the inescapable nature of punishment, has focused efforts to facilitate proper documentation of international crimes by creating a web resource https://russiancrime.org.