The Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (ODIHR), Matteo Mecacci, said, on Wednesday 26 October, that Russia is not respecting the basic principles of international humanitarian law in its hostilities in Ukraine.
According to a report published in July, there is “credible evidence to assess that the conduct of hostilities by Russia was characterised by a general disregard for the basic principles of...