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"The Commission has found new evidence that Russian authorities
have committed violations of international human rights and
international humanitarian law, and corresponding crimes, in
areas that came under their control in Ukraine," it said in a
report submitted to the U.N. General assembly, listing attacks
in the cities of Uman and Kherson, among others.
"The Commission has recently documented attacks that affected
civilian objects, such as residential buildings, a railway
station, shops, and a warehouse for civilian use, leading to
numerous casualties."
Russia has vigorously denied committing atrocities or targeting
civilians in Ukraine.
The commission said it had documented cases of rape "with the
use of force or psychological coercion".
"Most of the incidents occurred after the perpetrators broke
into the victims' homes," it said. "Victims reported rapes at
gunpoint and threats of killing or of inflicting other serious
harm to the victims or their relatives."
The commission added that it had documented the transfer of 31
children from Ukraine to Russia in May last and "concluded that
it was an unlawful deportation and a war crime".
Moscow has repeatedly denied forcibly taking Ukrainian children,
saying it moved children found in orphanages or without parental
care to Russia for their own safety and placed as many of as
possible with relatives there.
The Russian diplomatic mission in Geneva did not immediately
respond to a request for comment on the commission's report.
The commission also found three cases of Ukrainian authorities
have committed violations of human rights of people they have
accused of collaborating with Russian authorities.
(Reporting by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Alex
Richardson)
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