The return of civilians illegally detained in the Russian Federation: which state bodies of Ukraine are responsible
Analytical note “The return of civilians illegally detained in the Russian Federation: Which state bodies of Ukraine are responsible” is an attempt to create a map of state actors authorised to take measures to account for and facilitate the return of civilians illegally detained in the territory of the RF and/or the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
In addition to studying the powers of the relevant entities, the analytical note analyses how relatives of persons deprived of their liberty as a result of armed aggression against Ukraine perceive communication with the authorised entities.
This short research contains an analysis of the powers of individual actors — for example, the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, the National Information Bureau, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, etc. — as well as an analysis of the practice of exercising such powers, primarily from the perspective of relatives of “civilian hostages”.
