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| START TIME | LOCATION | SPEAKERS | TOPICS / DESCRIPTION |
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| 11:00 AM | KHARKIV | -Yevhen Vasylenko – spokesman of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region | -Briefing: “Operational situation in the Kharkiv region for the period February 26 – March 3” |
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| 12:00 PM | KYIV | – Olha Reshetylova, Head of the Media Initiative for Human Rights; – Yelyzaveta Sokurenko, coordinator of the war crimes documentation department at ZMINA Human Rights Center; – Andrii Yakovlev, lawyer, expert in international law, Media Initiative for Human Rights; All in person. | Briefing entitled: “OSCE moscow Mechanism to address the arbitrary detention of Ukrainian civilians by the russian federation. Why was it launched and what will it achieve?” Topics of focus: – What is the OSCE moscow Mechanism and why is it necessary? – How and where will international experts gather evidence of russian crimes against Ukrainian civilians? – What prospects does the OSCE moscow Mechanism create to hold russia accountable? Why this is interesting: On February 29, 2024, the OSCE launched the moscow Mechanism to address the arbitrary detention of Ukrainian civilians by the russian federation. This means that in the near future a group of independent international experts will begin an investigation into crimes committed by russia against Ukrainian civilians. The mission’s broad mandate is to establish facts of detention in the occupied territories and to investigate related crimes, such as torture or inhuman treatment. The report created based on the results of the investigation will become an important tool for documenting and proving russia’s crimes at the international level. |
| 1:00 PM | KYIV | – Denys Marchuk, Deputy Chairman of the Ukrainian Agrarian Council (in person) | Border blockades: consequences for farmers Topics of focus: – Blockades at the border with Poland and subsequent challenges for the agricultural sector; – The start of the sowing campaign and further plans |
