WWW.CCL.ORG.UA and placed in an information vacuum; and innocent people are subjected to moral and physical abuse. For the Rus- sian Federation, the practice of enforced disappear- ances has become one of the most common methods of intimidating citizens in the occupied territories. During the year, the CCL, together with human rights organisations in Ukraine, published 11 statements on new waves and deten- tions of Crimean Tatars in the temporarily occupied Crimea, Russia‘s disregard for international humanitarian rights, arbitrariness, and for Civil Liberties‘ profes- crimes against humanity. sionals and the status of The December report of the Nobel Peace Prize winner the UN High Commissioner allows us to meet directly with for Human Rights focused decision-makers, to convey on the system of violations information about the horrific by the Russian Federation of human rights violations and the detention conditions of international crimes com- prisoners of war, including mitted by the Russian army, medical personnel, violations facilitating accountability of the Geneva Conventions, for war crimes and helping and the illegal detention recover justice for the victims of civilians in places of im- of Russian military aggression. prisonment in Russia and the temporarily occupied territories, and the use of torture and ill-treatment against all categories of de- expand the capacity of the In- tainees. The report was based ternational Criminal Court to on materials provided by prosecute war crimes com- the Center for Civil Liberties. mitted by the Russian army In 2023, the Center for Civil and to strengthen the national Liberties undertook more judicial system by including than 50 advocacy visits to international experts. These meet with ofÏcials of states activities covered European and international institutions countries, the United States, to promote the establish- Canada, countries of Asia, ment of a special Tribunal on Africa, and South America. the Crime of Aggression, to The expertise of the Center 20