ANNUAL REPORT 2022 3. WORK WITHIN STRATEGIC AREAS AND HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES The project specifically the unity of civil society to focused on continuous inter- release and return Ukrain- national advocacy concerning ians: both combatants and the release from captivity of civilians held in the RF. imprisoned civilians and the The CCL released analytical commitment of the aggressor materials on places and condi- state to observe the Geneva tions of prisoners’ detention. Conventions. Platforms for ad- This is a roadmap of system- vocacy: Oslo Freedom Forum, atic violations by Russia of the OSCE, UN Security Council, International humanitarian Council of Europe Parlia- law and Geneva Conventions. mentary Assembly, European We launched an interna- Court of Human Rights, UN tional campaign #releasewith- Human Rights Monitor- outconditionsandexchanges ing Mission, UK House of which is focused on direct and Commons, and Parliaments indirect pressure on the RF in of European countries. matters related to the imme- This topic was also raised by diate release of illegally im- Oleksandra Matviichuk, Head prisoned Ukrainian civilians. of the Center for Civil Liber- “25 true stories of ab- ties, during meetings with ductions of Ukrainians” — European country leaders a brochure released as part of and her speech at the Nobel the Prisoners Voice campaign. Peace Prize award ceremony. It contains real stories of At the Fourth International war-affected people, with the Forum on European Ukraine majority of them staying cap- in Berlin, the CCL made tive in the territory of RF. We a statement concerning shared this brochure, which was published in English and Ukrainian, among visitors to international events: representatives of civil society and political figures. In addition, the brochure is represented in the exhibition at the Nobel Prize Museum and Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. As part of the campaign, two press conferences were held with released civilian captives. We pro- vided the materials of over 17