On August 23, 2022, the ECtHR (European Court of Human Rights) urgently considered Ukraine's petition for Russia to respect the rights of captured Ukrainian defenders. The court extended the application of urgent instructions in the interstate case " This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on Facebook..

In particular, having considered the application of Ukraine, the European Court of Human Rights provided the Russian Federation with urgent instructions to immediately ensure the rights enshrined in the Convention, including medical assistance, covering any requests on behalf of Ukrainian prisoners of war, which provide sufficient evidence of a serious and imminent risk of causing irreparable damage to their physical integrity (.

The court stressed that the instructions provided by the Russian Federation regarding the captured Ukrainian defenders continue to operate. The European Court of Human Rights has indicated that they also apply in the interstate case of Ukraine v. Russia..

The ECtHR informed the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe of the relevant decision.

“The decision of the ECHR is a confirmation that the court is attentive to all cases related to armed aggression, whether it is an interstate or individual case,” said Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine Iryna Mudraya.

She also stressed that provisional measures in the interstate case of Ukraine against the Russian Federation now cover the rights of prisoners of war..

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Earlier it was reported that Ukraine filed a number of urgent demands to the ECtHR on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms against Ukrainian defenders of Azovstal.

In particular, Ukraine demands the adoption of urgent measures to prevent the use of Ukrainian defenders in the so-called "

Separately, Ukraine appealed to the ECHR with a demand to force Russia to provide information on the content and medical support that Ukrainian defenders need..