'Russia should use its influence with the rebels to put an end to blatant abuses and press for those responsible to be brought to justice, and Ukraine’s international partners should urge the government to investigate abuses and ensure accountability.'<blockquote>'..The short-term gains of undermining core values of freedom and non-discrimination are rarely worth the long-term price.
Both government and rebel forces have launched unguided Grad rockets against targets in densely populated civilian areas in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, killing and injuring civilians. Both parties also fired artillery from populated areas without taking feasible precautions to protect civilians and endangering them by inviting return fire.
All sides appeared to have also used cluster munitions, a weapon with indiscriminate, wide-area effects that is banned under the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions. All sides should stop using weapons such as Grad rockets in populated areas, as they have indiscriminate impact, and altogether stop using cluster munitions. Both Ukraine and Russia should join the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Human Rights Watch said.
Ukrainian security services and pro-Kiev volunteer battalions detained over 1,000 people suspected of involvement in the insurgency, sometimes holding detainees for over 14 days without a court order and subjecting them to ill-treatment. In September, Ukrainian authorities opened a criminal investigation into alleged abuses by the pro-Kiev Aydar battalion, which have reportedly included arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, and torture. Ukrainian forces disappeared and arbitrarily detained 13 journalists, often accusing them of assisting the insurgents.
“All sides of the conflict have committed grave violations of human rights,” Gorbunova said. “Russia should use its influence with the rebels to put an end to blatant abuses and press for those responsible to be brought to justice, and Ukraine’s international partners should urge the government to investigate abuses and ensure accountability.”
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“As the world’s attention has been on the hostilities in eastern Ukraine, rights abuses in Crimea have surged,” Gorbunova said. “Other countries and international organizations should not let human rights decline in Crimea fall off their agenda.” '
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Ukraine: War in East, Crimea Occupation,
Protecting Civilians Should Be Top Priority, January 29, 2015</blockquote>
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HRW: 'Big Mistake' For Governments To Ignore Human Rights During Crises, January 29, 2015
'..Mariana insists on another very important idea: he says that natural law is vastly superior to the power of each king or ruler. This is an essential idea that is still perfectly applicable today..
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(Haptopraxeology) - '..We have lost three centuries as a result of ignoring our scholars!'</blockquote>