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Vol. 57 No. 4 (2025): Prawo i Więź nr 4 (57) 2025

Genocide of Ukrainian Children. The Forcible Transfer of Ukrainian Children by Russia as an Attempt to Erase National Identity

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36128/PRIW.VI57.1264
Submitted
22 March 2025
Published
6 October 2025

Abstract

Russian military aggression against Ukraine violates the most fundamental international agreements, while forcible transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children constitutes a form of genocide. Forcible transfer and deportation occur by force in exceptional circumstances created by the aggressor state, in which the child had no other choice than to accept the transfer, or the transfer takes place in the absence of parental consent or the parental consent is forged. This paper aims to analyse the forcible transfer of Ukrainian children in the context of the definition of the crime of genocide. Based on calculations using the STELLA model, it will prove that the forcible transfer of Ukrainian children is an attempt to erase their Ukrainian national identity.

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