East SOS Presents Report on Violations of International Humanitarian Law in Education in Ukraine (February 2022–May 2025)
The report is based on 162 in-depth interviews with teachers, school principals, parents, children, and psychologists from Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories and frontline regions.
This report documents the following:
• deliberate attacks on schools and other educational institutions as civilian infrastructure, resulting in the deaths and injuries of children and educators;
• the use of schools by russian forces for military purposes, including the deployment of military equipment, the establishment of headquarters there, and the unlawful detention of civilians;
• the persecution and torture of Ukrainian teachers, unlawful detention, and so-called “filtration” procedures;
• the imposition of russian educational standards, the prohibition of the Ukrainian language and Ukrainian history, and the ideological indoctrination of children;
• the militarization of education and the forced involvement of schoolchildren in paramilitary organizations such as Yunarmiya;
• the disguised deportation of Ukrainian children under the cover of “evacuation,” along with attempts to erase or change their identity;
• a separate section examining the impact of these crimes on children’s mental and physical health, including long-term trauma, fear, and the loss of any sense of safety.
The report can be downloaded here:
Please note that the presentation of the analytical report, Violations of International Humanitarian Law in Education in Ukraine (February 2022–May 2025), will take place on 13 February at 2:00 p.m. at Ukrinform, a news agency in Kyiv, 8/16 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho Street.
The presentation will also be broadcast live on YouTube.
The documentation is carried out as part of the project “Support for War-Affected Vulnerable Groups and Residents of Remote Territories in Ukraine,” with financial support from the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the Foundation and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union. (European Union in Ukraine).
