The UN Human Rights Council voted Friday to set up an independent international commission of inquiry to look into alleged Russian human rights violations in Ukraine, including possible war crimes, APA reports citing foreign press.
The big picture: The council will set up a three-person commission that will be in charge of gathering and analyzing possible "evidence to ensure that perpetrators were held accountable."
Of the council's 47 members, 32 voted in favor, two countries — Russia and Eritrea — voted against and 13 countries abstained.
"UN members from all regions around the world joined together at the council to condemn Russia's aggression against Ukraine in the strongest possible terms," said the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, Yevheniia Filipenko, after the vote, per CNN.
"The message to Putin has been clear. You're isolated on a global level and the whole world is against you."
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