Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine
The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine was established by the Human Rights Council on 4 March 2022 according to resolution 49/1 to investigate all alleged violations and abuses of human rights, violations of international humanitarian law and related crimes in the context of the aggression against Ukraine by the Russian Federation.
The mandate of the Commission of Inquiry was extended by the Council on 4 April 2023 for a further period of one year in its resolution 52/32 (Russian / Ukrainian unofficial translation / German), and again on 5 April 2024 for an additional year through resolution 55/23. The Commission's mandate was most recently extended in April 2025, through resolution 58/24 in which the Council requested the Commission to:
- Provide an oral update to the Human Rights Council at its sixtieth session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue (September-October 2025).
- Submit a report to the General Assembly at its eightieth session, also to be followed by an interactive dialogue (October 2025).
- Submit a comprehensive report to the Council at its sixty-first session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue (February-April 2026).
Statements
Statements
Statement by Erik Møse, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, to the General Assembly Third Committee
Statement by the Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, Erik Møse
Press statement by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, Kyiv
Press statement by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Statement by Erik Møse, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, at the 58th session of the Human Rights Council
UN Commission of Inquiry: Statement on the third-year mark of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Statement by Pablo de Greiff, Commissioner of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, to United Nations Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting, New York, 13 January 2025
UN Commission of Inquiry: Statement on 1000 days of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Press statement by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, New York
Statement by Erik Møse, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, to the General Assembly Third Committee
Update by the Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine at the 57th session of the Human Rights Council
Update by the Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, at the 55th session of the Human Rights Council
Press statement by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Statement by the Members of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine to the United Nations Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting, New York
Statement by Erik Møse, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, to the General Assembly Third Committee, New York
Update by the Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, at the 54th session of the Human Rights Council
Opening statement: Press conference by the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine following the oral update at the 54th session of the Human Rights Council
Statement at the end of UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine’s visit to Kyiv
Statement by Erik Møse, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, at the 52d session of the Human Rights Council
Opening statement: Press conference by the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine for the launch of its comprehensive report at the 52d session of the Human Rights Council
Statement at the end of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine’s visit to Kyiv - 2 December 2022
Update by the Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, at the 51st session of the Human Rights Council
Opening statement: Press conference by the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine the conclusion of its first visit to Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Statement by the Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, Erik Møse, at the 34th special session of the Human Rights Council on “The deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression”
Statement by Mr Erik Møse, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, to United Nations Security Council Arria Formula Meeting - 27 April 2022
Press releases
Press releases
Ukraine: UN Commission of Inquiry visits Kyiv, reiterating its findings
Russian authorities committed crimes against humanity targeting civilian population through drone attacks as well as war crimes of forcible transfer and deportation of civilians
UN Commission says Russian drones target civilians and destroy infrastructure, making localities in frontline provinces of Ukraine unliveable
UN Commission concludes that Russian armed forces’ drone attacks against civilians in Kherson Province amount to crimes against humanity of murder
Press conference by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine
Ukraine: Enforced disappearances committed by Russian authorities amount to crimes against humanity, says UN Commission of Inquiry
Ukraine: Torture by Russian authorities amounts to crimes against humanity, says UN Commission of Inquiry
UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine finds additional evidence of common patterns of torture by Russian authorities
Ukraine: UN Commission concerned by continuing patterns of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law
UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine finds continued war crimes and human rights violations gravely impacting civilians
UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine finds continued systematic and widespread use of torture and indiscriminate attacks harming civilians
Human Rights Council President appoints Vrinda Grover to serve as member of Ukraine Commission of Inquiry
War crimes, indiscriminate attacks on infrastructure, systematic and widespread torture show disregard for civilians, says UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine
UN Commission has found an array of war crimes, violations of human rights and international humanitarian law have been committed in Ukraine
Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine to the Human Rights Council: War Crimes Have Been Committed in Ukraine
UN Commission concludes that war crimes have been committed in Ukraine, expresses concern about suffering of civilians
Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine to Conduct First Mission to the Country
Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution on the Deteriorating Human Rights Situation in Ukraine and Closes Special Session
President of Human Rights Council appoints members of investigative body in Ukraine
Reports
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine to the UN General Assembly (A/80/497)
21 October 2025
Conference Room Paper: “They are hunting us”: systematic drone attacks targeting civilians in Kherson (A/HRC/59/CRP.2)
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28 May 2025
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/58/67)
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19 March 2025
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine to the UN General Assembly (A/79/549)
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29 October 2024
Map
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/55/66)
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15 March 2024
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine to the UN General Assembly (A/78/540)
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20 October 2023
Conference Room Paper of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine (A/HRC/52/CRP.4)
English
29 August 2023
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/52/62)
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16 March 2023
Infographics:
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Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine to the UN General Assembly (A/77/533)
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18 October 2022
Call for submissions
The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine invites individuals, groups and organizations to submit information and documentation relevant to its mandate. Modalities can be found on this link. The submissions should preferably be sent by 31 December 2025.
Mandate
The Commission of Inquiry’s mandate according to resolution 49/1:
- To investigate all alleged violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, and related crimes in the context of the aggression against Ukraine by the Russian Federation, and to establish the facts, circumstances and root causes of any such violations and abuses;
- To collect, consolidate and analyze evidence of such violations and abuses, including their gender dimension, and to systematically record and preserve all information, documentation and evidence, including interviews, witness testimony and forensic material, consistent with international law standards, in view of any future legal proceedings;
- To document and verify relevant information and evidence, including through field engagement, and to cooperate with judicial and other entities, as appropriate;
- To identify, where possible, those individuals and entities responsible for violations or abuses of human rights or violations of international humanitarian law, or other related crimes, in Ukraine, with a view to ensuring that those responsible are held accountable;
- To make recommendations, in particular on accountability measures, all with a view to ending impunity and ensuring accountability, including, as appropriate, individual criminal responsibility, and access to justice for victims.
In addition to its general mandate, the Commission of Inquiry was given a special mandate to look into the events in the areas of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Sumy regions in late February and in March 2022 in accordance with the resolution S-34/1 .
The mandate of the Commission of Inquiry was extended by the Council on 4 April 2023 for a further period of one year in its resolution 52/32 (Russian / Ukrainian unofficial translation / German), and again on 5 April 2024 for an additional year through 55/23. The Commission's mandate was most recently extended in April 2025, through resolution 58/24 in which the Council requested the Commission to:
- Provide an oral update to the Human Rights Council at its sixtieth session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue (September-October 2025).
- Submit a report to the General Assembly at its eightieth session, also to be followed by an interactive dialogue (October 2025).
- Submit a comprehensive report to the Council at its sixty-first session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue (February-April 2026).
Members
Current Commissioners
Former Commissioners
Resources
Main Findings of the Report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, October 2025
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Factsheet
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FAQs
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Infographic
Photos
Chair of the Commission Erik Møse speaking at the Human Rights Council, Geneva 2025
Chair of the Commission Erik Møse briefing the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee, 29 October 2024
The Commission Reports Latest Findings to the Human Rights Council, 19 March 2024
Erik Møse, Chair of the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine interviewed for UN News Service, 15 March 2024
Press conference to launch the Commission’s report on 15 March 2024
Meeting at the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, 15 November 2023.
The Commissioners meet Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine's Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, 15 November 2023.
Meeting with First Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine Serhii Dubrov, 14 November 2023.
The Commission participated in the Human Rights Fair visited by high-level officials including Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, Vienna, June 2023.
Commissioner Pablo de Greiff at the press conference in Geneva, 16 March 2023.
Erik Møse, chair of the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, speaks at a press conference in Kyiv on 2 December 2022.
Members of the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine hold a press conference in Kyiv on 2 December 2022.
The first trip of the Commissioners to Ukraine took place in June 2022.
Videos
The Commission briefs the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee, 27 October 2025
Oral update to the Human Rights Council, 22 September 2025
Press conference 28 May 2025
Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine: What You Need to Know, March 2025
Chair of the Commission Erik Møse delivering statement to the Human Rights Council, 19 March 2025
Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine press conference in Geneva, 19 March 2025
Statement by the Commission to the UNSC Arria-formula meeting, New York, 13 January 2025
Members of the Commission of Inquiry held a press conference in Kyiv on 2 December 2022 at the end of their visit to Ukraine
Press conference by the Commission of Inquiry at UN Headquarters, New York, on 28 October 2024.
The Commission briefs the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee, 29 October 2024
Chair of the Commission Erik Møse delivering the oral update to the Human Rights Council, 23 September 2024
HRC55 | UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine Reports Latest Findings to the Human Rights Council
Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine press conference in Geneva, 15 March 2024
The Members of the Commission delivering a statement at the UN Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting, 27 October 2023
The Commissioners participating in an interactive dialogue at the UN General Assembly Third Committee, 25 October 2023
Chair of the Commission Erik Møse delivering the oral update to the Human Rights Council, 25 September 2023
The Commissioners visit to Ukraine on 28 August – 4 September 2023
Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine press conference in Geneva on 25 September, 2023
Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine press conference in Kyiv on 4 September, 2023
What is the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine?
Statement by Erik Møse, Chair of the Commission of Inquiry, to the Human Rights Council on 20 March 2023
Members of the Commission of Inquiry held a press conference in Geneva on 16 March 2023 to share the findings of their comprehensive report
Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine press conference on 23 September 2022
Ukraine Commissioners meet the press following their first mission to the country on 15 June 2022
Комиссары встречаются с прессой после своей первой миссии в страну 15 июня 2022 г.
Maps
Impact of the Commission’s work
European Court of Human Rights judgment in the case of “Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia”
On 9 July 2025, the European Court of Human Rights issued its judgment in inter-State applications brought by Ukraine and The Netherlands against the Russian Federation.
The Court held that the Russian Federation had violated multiple provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to the armed conflict in Ukraine.
It is to be noted that the Court gave “significant weight to the objective, factual reporting contained in the reports and the 2023 conference room paper of the Commission of Inquiry. The legal conclusions of the Commission of Inquiry, which address questions of compliance with international law, may also be relevant to the Court’s examination of the issues arising”(para. 196).
The Court made numerous references to the Commission and quoted extensively its reports in the judgment (e.g. paras. 699-742 and paras. 893-955), giving weight to the Commission’s findings in its own argumentation.
In addition, Annex C to the judgment reproduces all the Commission’s reports from its establishment until March 2025 (more than 300 pages) .
Contact
For any query or to submit information, please contact:
Email: [email protected]
Mailing address:
Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine
Vienna International Centre
Wagramer Strasse 5
A-1220 Vienna
For media queries, please contact:
Saule Mukhametrakhimova
Media Adviser
Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine
E-mail:
[email protected]
Mobile: +43 (0) 676 349 3464
Web: CoI-Ukraine
In the Media
Russian drones hunt down, chase out Ukrainian civilians, UN inquiry finds, 27 October 2025
Russian army committing murder in Ukraine: Independent rights commission
Why are Russians terrorising civilians in Kherson with FPV drones, and what war crimes did the UN commission witness there? (in Ukrainian), 24 August 2025
Torture ‘a common and acceptable practice’ in Ukraine war, UN investigators say | UN News
23 September 2024