Treatment of prisoners of war and update on the human rights situation in Ukraine

This fortieth periodic report by OHCHR describes key human rights developments in Ukraine from 1 June to 31 August 2024. In addition, this report presents OHCHR assessment of the overall scope and scale of torture and ill-treatment experienced by prisoners of war (POWs) since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian armed forces on 24 February 2022.