Rome Statute, art. 8(2)(a)(vii) and art. 7(1)(e)
Arbitrary detention
Abductions, incommunicado detention and transfers of civilians to detention sites in occupied territory or in Russia, without legal basis or contact with families.
- Incidents
- 6
- Documented victims
- 316
- Period covered
- 2014 — 2024
Geographic distribution
- Zaporizhzhia oblast2
- Crimea1
- Donetsk oblast1
- Kharkiv oblast1
- Kherson oblast1
Recorded incidents
18 May 2014 · · Crimea
Enforced disappearances of Crimean Tatar activists
Tatar activists and journalists are seized at home and held incommunicado after the annexation of the peninsula.
Arbitrary detention · sources: Center for Civil Liberties, Human rights monitoring mission
21victims
2 September 2016 · · Donetsk oblast
Prolonged incommunicado detention
Residents are held for months without notification to their families or access to a lawyer.
Arbitrary detention · sources: Raphael Lemkin Society
47victims
30 May 2022 · · Zaporizhzhia oblast
Systematic filtration of residents
Filtration points sort the population; teachers, elected officials and veterans are held without any procedure.
Arbitrary detention · sources: RESPOL network
120victims
25 June 2022 · · Kharkiv oblast
Teachers detained for refusing to cooperate
Teachers who refuse to apply the imposed curriculum are arrested and held for several weeks.
Arbitrary detention · sources: Teachers' unions
18victims
4 October 2022 · · Kherson oblast
Network of detention sites in an occupied city
Several public buildings are converted into places of detention during the eight months of occupation.
Arbitrary detention · sources: Post-liberation investigations
96victims
8 October 2024 · · Zaporizhzhia oblast
Detention of citizen journalists
Residents documenting military movements are arrested and transferred out of the city.
Arbitrary detention · sources: Press freedom organisations
14victims