Situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol: report of the Secretary-General, 1 July – 31 December 2025

The present report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 80/223, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit an interim report to the Human Rights Council at its sixty-second session. In the same resolution, the Secretary-General was requested to submit a report on the progress made in the implementation of the resolution to the General Assembly at its eighty-first session.
 

In its resolution 68/262 and other relevant resolutions, including resolution 80/223, the General Assembly reaffirmed its commitment to the territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders. In the present report, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol are referred to as “Crimea”, and certain areas of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, Ukraine, temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, are referred to as “temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine”. The organs and officials of the Russian Federation established in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine are referred to as the “occupying authorities of the Russian Federation”.
 

The present is the fourteenth report of the Secretary-General on the human rights situation in the territories of Ukraine temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation. The report is focused on the period from 1 July to 31 December 2025, but it includes older cases documented during the reporting period when they are relevant for illustrating patterns of violations.