The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said she was "
horrified
" on Monday April 4 by images of bodies in the Ukrainian town of Boutcha, discovered after the withdrawal of Russian troops, raising possible war crimes. .
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"
The information that is emerging from this area and elsewhere raises serious and worrying questions about possible war crimes and serious violations of international humanitarian law and serious violations of human rights
", underlined Michelle Bachelet in a press release .
, also calling "
to preserve all the evidence
".
In addition to identifying the bodies to warn families, Michelle Bachelet also asked that everything be done to determine the causes of death.
The civilian dead in Boutcha, strewn in the street, sometimes with their hands tied behind their backs and thrown into mass graves, provoked near-unanimous condemnation.
The Ukrainian authorities and their allies accuse the Russian soldiers of having committed these abuses, while Moscow absolutely rejects this thesis and speaks of staging kyiv.
"
It is vital to carry out an independent and effective investigation
" into what happened in Boutcha so that justice and reparation are made for the victims and their families, the former President of Chile further underlined.
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