Rome Statute, art. 8(2)(a)(ii) and art. 7(1)(f)
Torture and ill-treatment
Beatings, electric shocks, mock executions and deprivation inflicted in formal or improvised places of detention.
- Incidents
- 5
- Documented victims
- 200
- Period covered
- 2015 — 2022
Geographic distribution
- Donetsk oblast2
- Kyiv oblast1
- Kharkiv oblast1
- Kherson oblast1
Recorded incidents
11 March 2015 · · Donetsk oblast
Unofficial detention site in a disused factory
Civilians accused of pro-Ukrainian sympathies are held in converted basements and subjected to repeated abuse.
Torture and ill-treatment · sources: Testimonies collected from former detainees
34victims
20 March 2022 · · Kyiv oblast
Basements used as interrogation sites
Cellars of administrative buildings are used to interrogate and beat residents suspected of informing the army.
Torture and ill-treatment · sources: Center for Civil Liberties
29victims
2 August 2022 · · Kharkiv oblast
Torture chambers in the occupied zone
Requisitioned police premises are used for interrogations involving electric shocks and mock executions.
Torture and ill-treatment · sources: Regional prosecutor's office
31victims
15 August 2022 · · Donetsk oblast
Abuse inflicted on civilian detainees
Former detainees describe systematic beatings and deprivation of food and medical care.
Torture and ill-treatment · sources: Post-release interviews
65victims
21 August 2022 · · Kherson oblast
Interrogation rooms in a pre-trial detention centre
Former detainees describe electric shock sessions in premises identified after liberation.
Torture and ill-treatment · sources: Center for Civil Liberties
41victims