Seven Children Returned from Occupation Visit Child Rights Protection Center
On April 3, seven Ukrainian children who were successfully returned from occupied territories visited the Child Rights Protection Center, as reported by the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets.
On April 3, seven Ukrainian children who were successfully returned from occupied territories visited the Child Rights Protection Center, as reported by the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.
Lubinets emphasized the complexity of each child's return, stating, "For each of these stories, it is not just a fact of return, but a very complicated journey. The children experience emotions that are difficult to describe in words: confusion, anxiety, and sometimes, distrust of the world. However, alongside these feelings, there gradually emerges something else—relief, the first glimpses of calmness, and hope. To restore these emotions, we work at the Child Rights Protection Center. Here, we facilitate the reintegration of children and their families, which includes legal assistance and material-technical support, as well as comprehensive social and psychological support. This is about restoring rights—step by step."
He further noted that partners who collaborate officially assist in the process of returning the children. Among these partners is the charitable organization, the International Charitable Fund "Alliance of Veterans."
At the same time, Lubinets highlighted that recently various organizations, including international ones, have been publicly claiming their involvement in the return of children without having the appropriate authority to do so.
"The process of returning children is a complicated, sensitive, and responsible task. All key stages: the process of finding the child, negotiations, establishing circumstances, their return, and subsequently restoring rights, are ensured by the Ombudsman’s Office in collaboration with the team of the President of Ukraine's initiative Bring Kids Back UA. It is within the framework of this initiative that we are bringing children home," the Ombudsman explained.
Lubinets urged Ukrainians to trust only state bodies that are directly involved in the return of children.
As reported by Ukrinform, on April 3, seven Ukrainian teenagers aged 13-17 were successfully returned from temporarily occupied territories as part of the President of Ukraine's initiative Bring Kids Back UA, with the assistance of the Ombudsman’s Office team.
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