According to Amnesty’s internal investigation, the report that drew criticism published last August was written imprecisely and partly questionable from the point of view of the law.
The human rights organization Amnesty has completed its internal investigation regarding what was published last August report (you switch to another service), who accused Ukraine of endangering civilians in its military operations. The newspaper reported on the matter The New York Times (you are moving to another service)who has received a copy of the investigation report.
The August report and its drafting process were examined by five international humanitarian law experts.
According to the expert panel, Amnesty did the right thing by also examining the legality of the actions of the party waging a defensive war. In addition, according to the panel, the information collected by Amnesty showed that Ukrainian forces often operate in the vicinity of civilian settlements.
However, the experts agreed that Amnesty had messed up in several ways when preparing the report. According to the panel, there was insufficient evidence to support the report’s key conclusions that Ukraine had violated international law.
According to the panel, the August report was written imprecisely and partly questionable from the point of view of the law. According to experts, this applies especially to the first paragraphs of the publication, which imply that Ukraine could be considered as guilty of civilian deaths as Russia on a systematic level.