The undersigned, 234 social and human rights organizations of the Americas, wish to express our support for the cessation of the Russian Federation’s aggression in Ukraine and the strict compliance with international human rights law and international humanitarian law.
On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation breached its commitments to the principles and obligations arising from the Charter of the United Nations by abandoning peaceful methods of conflict resolution and resorting to the use of force to violate the territorial integrity and self-determination of Ukraine. Most of the nations and peoples of the world have recognized the move as an act of unilateral aggression by Russia, which makes use of its armed force to attack the sovereignty, freedom,
territorial integrity, and political independence of Ukraine, and, above all, the integrity and life of the Ukrainian people. An unlawful and unjustified act of aggression with no grounds of a political, economic, military, or any other nature under international law.
Despite its international obligations, the existence of mechanisms for peaceful conflict resolution, and the willingness of nations to achieve these solutions through dialogue, Russia has ignored the calls and put Universal Peace at risk. The use of weapons, the threats to escalate the conflict if other nations intervene, and the sole mention of a state of alert in the nuclear weapons system have placed nations, the International System for the Protection of Human Rights, and the citizens of the world before their most important challenge in recent history.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, warned that a million people had to leave 1 Ukraine for Poland and other neighboring countries in just 7 days, calling it “the fastest exodus in recent history”. the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR), Michelle Bachelet, in her report to the 49th session of the Human Rights Council, described the situation as “one of the most serious peace and security crises in recent years”, with massive impacts on the human rights of millions of people in Ukraine and new and dangerous threats to all of humanity.
The Office of the HCHR has registered several armed attacks against the civilian population, resulting in 752 civilian casualties, including 227 dead, 15 of them children, and at least 525 wounded, including 28 children, estimates that could be much higher after confirmation, in addition to the damage and destruction of residential areas, schools, cultural places, hospitals, and vital service facilities for civilian life such as water, sanitation, and fuel. The aggression of the Russian government has unleashed a “humanitarian and human rights crisis in Ukraine” in just a few days.
Given the very serious nature and scale of the events in Ukraine, we, the individuals and civil society organizations who believe in the defense of human rights and the peaceful resolution of conflicts:
a. Express our deepest respects and solidarity to all the victims of this unjustified military action, in any of the dimensions of damage and suffering caused, which violates the most transcendental principles and rights of humanity.
b. Demand that absolute priority be given to the preservation of the life, integrity, and protection of all the victims of this aggression, both inside Ukraine and for those who had to flee to save their lives and survive. Millions of people are in danger of death, the hundreds of deaths that have already occurred are unacceptable.
c. Condemn both targeted and indiscriminate attacks against homes, civilian shelters, health care centers and humanitarian assistance activities, places of cultural, religious, and memory relevance, and basic services facilities, which constitute serious violations of international law in contexts of armed conflict.
d. Welcome the call of the OHCHR for the prioritization of the protection of the civilian population and the request to all parties in conflict to guarantee, respect, provide, protect, and allow the effective and independent action of international activists in the fields of human rights, humanitarian assistance, and refugee protection.
e. Demand the respect for and guarantee of the rights to freedom of thought and expression, peaceful assembly, and association of the people of Russia and Belarus, who have expressed their rejection from the early days of the aggression and requested their governments to withdraw from Ukraine and to find peaceful mechanisms for the resolution of the conflict. In Russia alone, the number of arbitrary arrests in the context of protests rises to more than 13,000.
f. Recognize, based on the Charter of the United Nations, the principle of self-determination, the peaceful resolution of conflicts, and the spirit of friendship and solidarity that must prevail among the nations and peoples of the world.
g. Urge the government of the Russian Federation to return to the principles and obligations that it has voluntarily committed to as a member of the United Nations, through an immediate ceasefire, the withdrawal of military troops from Ukraine, and an immediate end to the violations and abuses of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in Ukraine, in strict compliance with resolutions issued by the United Nations General Assembly and the Human Rights Council; as well as to search for and active participation in good faith in any peaceful way to solve the controversies and conflicts with Ukraine. We extend this call to the government of Belarus and request it to refrain from supporting this aggression against the people of Ukraine.
h. Reject the warmongering rhetoric and the threats by Russian President Vladimir Putin of possible military action against countries that offer help to Ukraine, and further deplore the warning of the possible use of nuclear weapons and psychological terror, contrary to the respect for human dignity, against the population of the entire planet, including the people of Russia.
i. Condemn all the past and present human rights violations against the civilian population committed by the military forces from all parties to the conflict. Military and security officials must guarantee the respect for, protection, and observance of the human rights of all people, as well as the protection of residential areas, hospitals, schools, shelters, and vital, cultural, and religious facilities under the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols.
j. Demand guarantees of non-discrimination based on race, ethnicity, nationality, politics, religion, ideology, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression for people seeking refuge in Ukraine and other countries, as well as the protection of all people with special emphasis on the elderly, pregnant women, children and adolescents and people with disabilities, chronic or lifethreatening illnesses, human rights defenders, journalists, and members of the media.
k. Support the meetings that representatives of both nations are holding as a fundamental way to find a concerted, peaceful resolution with guarantees of rights, and we also advocate that they be held under the principles of respect, equality, and good faith, prioritizing life, integrity, human rights, the well-being of their people and of all humanity.
The aggression against Ukraine represents a serious violation of the principles, agreements, and peaceful forms of coexistence that gave rise to the United Nations Charter and the International Human Rights System. Faced with threats of an escalation of the armed conflict, civil society and human rights organizations see with extreme concern the response of nations in the form of distrust in their neighbors, increased spending on weapons, and the resumption of an arms race in response to fear.
On the contrary, we believe that the alarms raised by today’s conflict should call for reflection and a real commitment to desist from weapons, missiles, bombs, and, above all, nuclear weapons, while guaranteeing that the threats of the use of nuclear force are never repeated and that they remain hidden in the chronicles of a shameful history for humanity.
Peaceful coexistence, even with its imperfections, is at risk and poses urgent challenges for governments and citizens of the world. The events of aggression in Ukraine force us to look back to the principles that gave birth to the Charter of the United Nations and to rethink its operation, assertiveness, and effectiveness for its evolution, adaptation, and progress in the face of the new challenges that are presented to humanity for the effective realization of equality, respect, peace, and dignity.
Making preventive mechanisms work in a timely manner to eradicate warlike actions, small- or largescale territorial conflicts, the advance of authoritarianism, and practices that violate human rights and fundamental freedoms is critical to avoid repeating the cycles of war, death, and humanitarian crises. Faced with the loss of trust in human beings, it is time for more humanity and more dignity, without discrimination, in equality and fraternity. Let no suffering be alien to us.
Signatories:
- A.C. Asamblea de Educación. Venezuela
- A.C. Casa del Nuevo Pueblo. Venezuela
- A.C. Radar de los Barrios. Venezuela
- AC Amigos de Sotillo Edo. Monagas. Venezuela
- AC Anzoátegui Sin VIH – SIDA. Venezuela
- AC Ciudadanía Luna Nueva. Venezuela
- AC. Concentroccidente del Grupo Social Cesap. Venezuela
- AC Conciencia Ciudadana. Venezuela
- A.C. Médicos Unidos de Venezuela
- Acceso a la Justicia. Venezuela
- Acción femenina. Venezuela
- Acción Solidaria. Venezuela
- ACCSI. Acción Ciudadana Contra el SIDA, Venezuela. Venezuela
- Agenda Social AC. Venezuela
- Alianza Venezolana por la Salud. Venezuela
- AMBAR Asociación Civil. Venezuela
- América Diversa Inc. Estados Unidos de América
- Amigos Trasplantados de Venezuela. Venezuela
- Apauna. Venezuela
- Apucla. Venezuela
- Apufat. Venezuela
- Aquí Cabemos Todos. Venezuela
- Asociación Cauce. Venezuela
- Asociación Civil Centro Campesino El Convite. Venezuela
- Asociación Civil Compromiso Ciudadano. Venezuela
- Asociación Civil de Ciudadanos Luna Nueva. Venezuela
- Asociación Civil Vida y Luz (Asoviluz). Venezuela
- Asociación de Profesores de la UCV. Venezuela
- Asociación de Profesores de la UNELLEZ. Venezuela
- Asociación de Profesores de la Universidad de Carabobo. Venezuela
- Asociación de Profesores de la Universidad del Zulia APUZ. Venezuela
- Asociación de Profesores de la Universidad Simón Bolívar. Venezuela
- Asociación de Profesores Jubilados UPEL Maracay. APROJUPEL. Venezuela
- Asociación de Vecinos de Santa Paula ASOPAULA. Venezuela
- Asociación de Venezolanos en Paraguay-PACUHR. Paraguay
- Asociación Fe y Derechos Humanos – Puno FEDERH. Perú
- Asociación Nuevos Horizontes. Guatemala
- Asoprovital. Venezuela
- Ateneo Ecológico del Orinoco. Venezuela
- Aula Abierta. Venezuela
- AVESSOC. Venezuela
- Azul Positivo. Venezuela
- Banco del Libro. Venezuela
- Bandesir Lara. Venezuela
- Banho de Cidadania Recife Pacurh. Brasil
- CADAL. Argentina
- Café DDHH. Venezuela
- Caleidoscopio Humano. Venezuela
- Campo ONG. Venezuela
- Caracas Ciudad Plural. Venezuela
- Caracas Mi Convive. Venezuela
- Cecavid. Venezuela
- Cedice Libertad. Venezuela
- Centro de Animación Juvenil. Venezuela
- Centro de Atención Integral Psicopedagógica Individual (CAIPI). Perú
- Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Metropolitana. Venezuela
- Centro de Desarrollo Humano Sustentable. Venezuela
- Centro de Formación para la Democracia CFD. Venezuela
- Centro de Información y servicios de asesoría en salud. Nicaragua
- Centro de Investigación Social Formación y Estudios de la Mujer CISFEM. Venezuela
- Centro LGBTIQ+ de Mérida. Venezuela
- Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos, CENIDH. Nicaragua
- Centro de Justicia y Paz. Cepaz. Venezuela
- Circuito Gran Cine. Venezuela
- Ciudadanía Activa. Venezuela
- Ciudadanía con Compromiso AC. Venezuela
- Civilis Derechos Humanos. Venezuela
- Clima21 – Ambiente y Derechos Humanos. Venezuela
- Coalición de Organizaciones por el Derecho a la Salud y la Vida. Codevida. Venezuela
- Cocomacia. Colombia
- Colectiva Feminista Las Malcriadas. Nicaragua
- Colectiva de Feministas Rurales Occidente. Nicaragua
- Colegio de Enfermeros del estado Carabobo. Venezuela
- Colegio de Médicos de Monagas. Venezuela
- Comisión de DDHH de la Federación Venezolana de Colegios de Abogados del estado Apure. Venezuela
- Comisión de derechos humanos de la Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Políticas de la Universidad del Zulia.
- Venezuela
- Comisión de Derechos Humanos. COMISEDH. Perú
- Comisión Ecuménica de Derechos Humanos. Ecuador
- Comisión Nacional de DDHH de la Federación de Colegios de Abogados de Venezuela – Lara. Venezuela
- Comisión Nacional de DDHH de la Federación de Colegios de Abogados de Venezuela – Mérida. Venezuela
- Comisión Nacional de DDHH de la Federación de Colegios de Abogados de Venezuela – Táchira. Venezuela
- Comisión para los Derechos Humanos del Estado Zulia. Codhez. Venezuela
- Comité Azul y Blanco Estelí. Nicaragua
- Comité de Derechos Humanos de la Guajira. Venezuela
- Comité para la defensa de los derechos humanos parroquia Coche. Venezuela
- Comités para la Defensa de los DDHH. Venezuela
- Comunidad en Movimiento AC. Venezuela
- Conciencia Ciudadana AC. Venezuela
- Confederación Sordos de Venezuela. CONSORVEN. Venezuela
- Consejo Comunal de la urb. Santa Paula. Venezuela
- Convite AC. Venezuela
- Cooperativa Financiera Valera. Venezuela
- DefensActiva. Venezuela
- Defensor derecho humano voluntario. Nicaragua
- Driectia de desarrollo económico de Cortázar, GTo. México
- Epikeia Derechos Humanos. Venezuela
- Equipo de Proyectos y Asesoría Social-EDEPA. Venezuela
- Espacio Civil a.c. Venezuela
- Espacio Público. Venezuela
- Excubitus DHE. Venezuela
- Fe en Venezuela. Estados Unidos de America
- Fe y Alegría. Venezuela
- Federación de Asociaciones de Profesores Universitarios. Venezuela. Fapuv. Venezuela
- Federación de Estudiantes Universitarios por los DDHH (FEDEHU). Venezuela
- Federación Médica de Monagas. Venezuela
- Federación Nacional de Sociedades de Padres y Representantes FENASOPADRES. Venezuela
- Federación Venezolana de Abogadas. FEVA. Venezuela
- Foro San Antonio. Venezuela
- Frente Nacional de Mujeres. Venezuela
- Fuerza Ecológica Calabozo – FECOLCA. Venezuela
- Fuerza Liberal. Venezuela
- Funcamama, Fundación de lucha contra el cáncer. Venezuela
- Fundación Agua Sin Fronteras. Venezuela
- Fundación Aguaclara. Venezuela
- Fundación Aylwin. Chile
- Fundación Basura Cero. Venezuela
- Fundación CIIDER. Venezuela
- Fundación Ciudadanía y Desarrollo. Ecuador
- Fundación Civitas. Venezuela
- Fundación Comunidades Ciudadanas. Venezuela
- Fundación CONSTRUIR. Bolivia
- Fundación Cultivar. Venezuela
- Fundación Cultural Simón Bolívar-PACUHR. Colombia
- Fundación de Derechos Humanos Anzoátegui. Venezuela
- Fundación Diáspora venezolana. FUNDIASVE. Venezuela
- Fundación Emprendedores Solidarios. Venezuela
- FUNDACIÓN INCIDE. Venezuela
- Fundación La Gran Victoria Monagas. Venezuela
- Fundación Lucelia. Venezuela
- Fundación Manos solidarias. Venezuela
- Fundación Migración en Positivo. Colombia
- Fundación para el Debido Proceso Fundepro. Venezuela
- Fundación para el Desarrollo Integral FUNDESI. Venezuela
- Fundación para la Prevención de la Violencia contra las Mujeres. Venezuela
- Fundación Parkinson Carabobo. Venezuela
- Fundación Ramón Devia. Venezuela
- Fundación Renacer Ciudadano. Venezuela
- Fundación Rio de agua viva, uniendo fronteras – Pacuhr. Colombia
- Fundación Sin Fronteras Manizales FSFM. Colombia
- Fundapden Internacional. Paraguay/Venezuela
- Fundación Punto Ecológico. Venezuela
- FundaRedes. Venezuela
- Fundaval. Venezuela
- FUSADES. El Salvador
- Gaia, Centro de las mujeres. Venezuela
- Geografía Viva A. C. Venezuela
- GobiernaTec. Venezuela
- Grupo Social Cesap. Venezuela
- Hearts On Venezuela. Venezuela
- Indigenous Women Legal Awareness Group (INWOLAG). Nepal
- Instituto de Prensa y Libertad de Expresión IPLEX. Costa Rica
- Instituto de Promoción y Educación Popular. Comisión de Justicia Social IPEP CJS Chimbote. Perú
- Instituto Mead de Venezuela AC. Venezuela
- Ipys Venezuela. Venezuela
- JPT. Venezuela
- La Choza del Espíritu Santo. Venezuela
- La ONG. Organización Nelson Garrido. Venezuela
- Laboratorio de Paz. Venezuela
- Latinoamérica Sustentable. Ecuador
- Manos Solidarias. Venezuela
- Más Acciones Más Planeta. Venezuela/ Argentina
- Médicos Unidos Venezuela. Venezuela
- Médicos Unidos de Venezuela capitulo Carabobo. Venezuela
- Mesa de Educación. Plan País. Venezuela
- Monitor de Derechos Humanos. Venezuela
- Monitor Social A.C. Venezuela
- Movimiento de Educadores Prieto Figueroa. Venezuela
- Movimiento Ciudadano @Dale_letra. Venezuela
- Movimiento Creando Ciudadanos (MOCRECI). Venezuela
- Movimiento Manuela Ramos. Perú
- Movimiento Por la Democracia. Venezuela
- Movimiento San Isidro. Cuba
- Movimiento SOMOS. Venezuela
- Movimiento Soy Pico Rojo Nicaragua. Nicaragua
- Movimiento X El Ávila. Venezuela
- MUDCA. América Latina
- Mujer y Ciudadanía-Chile. Chile
- Mujer y Ciudadanía A.C. Venezuela
- Mujeres por la Democracia. Venezuela
- Mujeres por la libertad. Venezuela
- Mulier Venezuela. Venezuela
- Multirecicla CA. Venezuela
- Observatorio de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad de los Andes. Venezuela
- Observatorio Venezolano DDHH Mujeres. Venezuela
- Observatorio Venezolano de Libertad Sindical. Venezuela
- Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones. Venezuela
- OC Las Carolinas. Venezuela
- ONG El Despertar Ciudadano. Venezuela
- ONG No Permitas Malos Tratos. Venezuela
- ONG Venezuela sin Fronteras – Pacurh. Colombia
- Organización Comunitaria Brisas de Guacarapo Edo. Sucre. Venezuela
- Organización Comunitaria La Choza del Espíritu Santo Edo Monagas. Venezuela
- Organización Comunitaria La Gran Victoria Zona 10. Venezuela
- Organización Comunitaria Las Carolinas Monagas. Venezuela
- Organización Comunitaria Las Vírgenes Edo Monagas. Venezuela
- Organización Comunitaria Luna Nueva estado Monagas. Venezuela
- Organización Humanitaria Zona 10. Venezuela
- Organisation Trans d’Haïti, OTRAH. Haití.
- Padres Organizados de Venezuela. Venezuela
- Panamerican and Caribbean Union for Humans Rights PACUHR. Las Américas
- Paz y Esperanza. Perú
- People in Need. República Checa
- Piloneras. Venezuela
- Prepara Familia. Venezuela
- Programa Venezolano e Educación Acción en Derechos Humanos. Provea. Venezuela
- Promedehum. Venezuela
- Psicólogos sin Fronteras Venezuela. Venezuela
- Red de Organizaciones de Derechos Humanos del Estado Anzoátegui REDHANZ. Venezuela
- Red Economía Circular Venezuela. Venezuela
- Red Organizaciones Vecinales Baruta. Venezuela
- Remisod. Costa Rica
- Sabuesos Guerrera A.C. Y Sabuesos Guerras ext Oaxaca. México
- Senos Ayuda A.C. Venezuela
- Sinergia Global Consulting Group spa. Chile
- Sinergia Red Venezolana de Organizaciones de Sociedad Civil. Venezuela
- Sociedad Civil activa de Yaracuy. Venezuela
- Sociedad Hominis Iura (SOHI). Venezuela
- Sociedad Venezolana de Coaching. Venezuela
- Sociedad Venezolana de Ingenieros de minas y metalúrgicos SVIMM. Venezuela
- StopVIH. Venezuela
- The Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation. The JHRF. United Kingdom
- Todos por el Futuro. Venezuela
- Transparencia Venezuela
- UCAB. Venezuela
- Una Ventana a la Libertad. Venezuela
- Unión Afirmativa. Venezuela
- Unión Vecinal para la Participación Ciudadana AC. Venezuela
- Uquira. Venezuela
- Venezolanos en Quillota. Chile
- Venezuela Diversa. Venezuela
- Vicaría de DDHH de la Arquidiócesis de Barquisimeto. Venezuela
- Voces Q’ Suman. Venezuela
- Voces Vitales. Venezuela
- Wola (Oficina Washington para asuntos latinoamericanos). Estados Unidos de América
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↑1 | The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). 3 de marzo de 2022. 1 million refugees have fled Ukraine in a week. https://www.unhcr.org/news/press/2022/3/62206a824/news-comment-1-million-refugees-fled-ukraine-week.html#_ga=2.45633124.1163795544.1646754170-1780782923.1646754170 |
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