Children's Ombudsman of the Russian Federation Maria Lvova-Belova illegally adopted a Ukrainian child from Mariupol and contributed to the same illegal adoption of another 350 children from Ukraine and the removal of up to two thousand children from Donbass by the occupiers from the occupied territories. Lvova-Belova shared these facts at a press conference on October 26, according to Russian media..

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According to the Russian official, up to two thousand orphans from social institutions were taken to Russia from the special military operation zone..

In addition, 350 orphans from Donbass have already been illegally adopted and settled in 16 regions of Russia.. Illegal adoption procedure is being prepared for another thousand children.

Lvova-Belova also said that information about these children will soon be posted in the state information data bank and "

Recall that Article 11 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child of November 20, 1989 imposes obligations on States to take measures to combat the illegal movement and non-return of children from abroad.

One of the fundamental documents in the field of international child abduction is the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction dated 25. ten. 1980 (Hague Convention). It was developed with the aim of introducing an effective international legal mechanism for the return of children illegally taken out of their country or illegally detained there..