"In this context, the Assembly urges the Russian Federation to fully comply with its obligations under international humanitarian law pertaining to the treatment of prisoners of war, including the defenders of Mariupol. It is appalled by the call of Russian Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Leonid Slutsky to reinstate death penalty in the Russian Federation solely for the purpose of executing Ukrainian prisoners of war. It also strongly condemns the arbitrary trials in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine whereby 3 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers of foreign origin were sentenced to death despite not being mercenaries within the meaning of international humanitarian law. The Assembly exhorts the Russian Federation to take all measures available to comply with international law, revoke the arbitrary sentences, preserve the lives of Ukrainian prisoners of war as well as refrain from provocative political statements and generalizations."
The proposed amendment underlines the importance of treating prisoners of war in compliance with international humanitarian law. It also provides a reaction to unacceptable statements of high-ranked Russian officials and unlawful trials in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.