The Crimean Human Rights Group publishes the report “The victims of enforced disappearance in Crimea as a result of the illegal establishment of the Russian Federation control (2014-2016)” as of June 2016.
During the preparation of the review CHRG follows the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. First of all CHRG fixes and documents cases of enforced disappearances, which have next elements: – Politically motivated abductions in connection with the social activities or an ethnic / religious affiliation of the vanished person; – The involvement of representatives of the de facto authorities or members of paramilitary groups, controlled by the de facto authority, in the enforced disappearance; – The lack of effective investigation by the de facto authorities of Crimea.
