In 2022, RCHR and the Lemkin Institute for the Prevention of Genocide (USA) filed a joint report with a request to investigate the Russian Federation’s commission of the crime of genocide. This Submission results from extensive research and evidence gathering between February 24 and September 30, 2022. The Submission details the evidence of the genocide committed by Maria Lvova-Belova, the Commissioner of the President of the Russian Federation for Children’s Rights, against Ukrainian children and the Ukrainian nation.

Under the conditions of Russian occupation, children became victims of illegal adoption by Russian citizens. Maria Lvova-Belova has always been actively engaged and continues to be engaged in the placement of Ukrainian children in Russian families. Vladimir Putin himself supports her work. These actions constitute the crime of genocide against the Ukrainian nation to destroy it partially.

Text of Submission to the ICC