Ombudsmen from third countries may be involved in addressing human rights violations in Crimea, according to Ukraine’s rapporteur following the OSCE meeting, Boris Babin, a legal advisor at BARRISTERS, LLC.

Human rights commissioners from third countries may be involved in issues related to human rights violations in Crimea, which is occupied by the Russian Federation. Babin.

On his Facebook page on Wednesday, following an OSCE meeting, he emphasized the importance of action by ombudsmen given the absence of justice in Crimea and a legal profession independent of the occupying authorities, the denial of access to Crimea for international missions, and the ICRC’s exclusion from carrying out its functions. At the same time, Babin stressed that the bilateral dialogue on this issue between Tatyana Moskalkova, the Human Rights Commissioner of the Russian Federation, and Lyudmyla Denisova, the Human Rights Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, has been ineffective.

“I certainly do not expect effective steps to prevent the persecution of Crimean Tatar activists and other victims of political pressure by the occupiers to come within the framework of the bilateral dialogue between the ombudsmen of Ukraine and the Russian Federation. As for the transformation of this interaction into a ‘battle of the ladies,’ which has even gone beyond the bounds of an interstate conflict, Such an improvement in humanitarian negotiations is possible, in my opinion, primarily through the involvement of ombudsmen from third countries as participants or mediators in the dialogue. After all, as evidenced, among other things, by yesterday’s meetings between the ombudsmen of Ukraine and the Russian Federation in Kyiv, the other format has run its course,” wrote Ukraine’s rapporteur.

According to him, Pavlo Khatsuk, an advisor to the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ombudsmen) and Pavlo Khatsuk, the main rapporteur at the OSCE meeting on ombudsman cooperation, acknowledged the need to involve ombudsmen from third countries in issues related to human rights violations in Crimea, which is occupied by the Russian Federation. He reached this conclusion after taking into account information about Moskalkova’s involvement in the holding of hostages on the occupied peninsula.

“I briefed OSCE representatives and state delegations on the aggressor’s involvement of Russian Ombudsman Moskalkova as an accomplice in the holding of hostages in Crimea, specifically, in the case of the abducted Ochakiv fishermen from vessel 0041, and provided relevant documentary evidence. , as an advisor to the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (Ombudsmen). He acknowledged the need for a multilateral dialogue among ombudsmen specifically regarding the Crimean issue,” Babin reported.

He also quoted Hatsuka: “There can be no vacuum in the field of human rights protection.”

Babyn also noted that at the OSCE meeting in Vienna dedicated to multilateral cooperation among ombudsmen, there were no representatives from the Ukrainian Ombudsman’s Office, including its representative in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.