58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
(24 February – 4 April 2025)
General Debate Item 9
27 March 2025
Coordination des Associations et des
Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience
Oral Declaration
We, along with Human Rights Without Frontiers are deeply concerned about the unfounded charges against Dr Oleg Maltsev, an internationally recognized Ukrainian scholar.
Maltsev practices in psychology and criminology. He also authored a book about war crimes, using the Wagner Group as an example.
The case against Dr. Oleg Maltsev was illegally initiated by SBU officer Yevgeniy Volosheniuk, who continues to persecute the Ukrainian scientist and his imprisoned colleagues as a personal revenge.
Since his arrest in September 2024, Maltsev has been detained in a prison of Odesa. Six of his employees were also arrested. Like Maltsev they are held in inhumane conditions and are pressured to falsely testify against him. The judges are also to be under pressure by the SBU.
Maltsev suffers from several serious medical problems. Despite his health conditions, the judges refuse to release him on bail. Maltsev is virtually doomed to die in prison.
We urge the Ukrainian authorities to release him without delay.
Source HRC extranet : https://hrcmeetings.ohchr.org/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/58/Pages/Statements.aspx?SessionId=86&MeetingDate=27/03/2025%2000:00:00
Source UN WebTV : https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1r/k1rd3dhg7e
Media Coverage :
14/04/2025 Medium.com : Geneva condemns harassment of Ukrainian scientist at UN Human Rights Council session
30/03/2025 UN SCI : New facts in the case of scientist Oleg Maltsev
30/03/2025YouTube : Case of Ukrainian Scientist Dr. Oleg Maltsev Raised at UN Human Rights Council
30/03/2025 Invistnik : UNFORGOTTEN OLD … OR ON A SENSITIVE SUBJECT
29/03/2025 Priboi News : The United Nations declares the criminal case against Ukrainian scientist Dr Oleg Maltsev illegal.
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