Office of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights is a Ukrainian state body that supports the work of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman). It monitors compliance with human rights and freedoms in Ukraine, handles complaints from citizens, conducts visits to places of detention, and publishes annual reports on the state of human rights in the country. The current Commissioner is Dmytro Lubinets, who took office in 2022.
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Ukrainian forces say Russian troops executed captured soldiers on Huliaipole direction
Ukraine's "South" force grouping reported on 17 October 2026 that Russian troops executed previously captured Ukrainian service members on the Huliaipole direction in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The allegations rely on intercepted Russian communications and drone video; Ukraine's Office of the Prosecutor General has opened a war-crime investigation. The "South" spokesperson named the 38th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade and its commander as likely responsible and called for an international response.