BringKidsBackUA presentation The Hague

Official launch “Stolen Voices” program

Editor’s note, added 6 September 2024: The Memorandum of Understanding with the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (the Ombudsman of Ukraine) referenced in this release was formally ended by the Ombudsman’s office, by letter dated 16 July 2024, after Emile Foundation (then Orphans Feeding Foundation) had repeatedly requested an accounting of how its donated funds were used and received no response. Separately, Emile Foundation’s involvement in the “Bring Kids Back UA” program coordinated by Ukraine’s Presidential Office ended in March 2024; no formal notice was exchanged by either side. Emile Foundation has operated independently since Spring 2024 and has had no relationship with the Presidential Office of Ukraine, “Bring Kids Back UA,” or the Ombudsman of Ukraine since.

Today the official launch of the ‘Stolen Voices’ project took place in the city of The Hague, home to the International Criminal Court.

Orphans Feeding Foundation was glad to share about the #BringKidsBackUA program, alongside the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights and the Ukrainian Commissioner for Children Rights during this launch. Thanks also to Minister of Foreign Affairs Hanke Bruins Slot for listening to the experience of the children returned from deportation and the details of the program !

Dutch minister meeting with Ukrainian children

See press publications:


President Of Ukraine Official website
https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/ukrayina-mozhe-rozrahovuvati-na-pidtrimku-niderlandiv-u-pove-85657

Forumdaily
https://www.forumdaily.com/en/moyu-mamu-ubili-menya-poxitili-ukrainskie-deti-rasskazali-v-gaage-o-prestupleniyax-rossii/

TF1
https://www.tf1info.fr/international/video-document-lci-guerre-en-ukraine-les-soldats-russes-sont-rentres-pour-m-emmener-avec-eux-des-enfants-ukrainiens-deportes-temoignent-2269954.html

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxaWW92KmaJ/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D

Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/bring-them-back-ukrainian-orphans-demand-return-children-russia-2023-09-16/#:~:text=The%20boys%20and%20four%20other,of%20Ukrainian%20President%20Volodymyr%20Zelenskiy.

ZDF
https://www.zdf.de/politik/auslandsjournal/ukraine-verschleppte-kinder-heimkehr-aus-russland-100.html

Euronews
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/09/15/its-difficult-to-keep-up-morale-ukrainian-kids-talk-about-forced-deportation-to-russia

BBC
https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/articles/c97nzq5dw1yo (EN version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I58nnprXEi4

Ukrinform
https://www.ukrinform.net/amp/rubric-ato/3761395-ukraine-returns-386-children-deported-to-russia-lubinets.html
https://www.ukrinform.net/amp/rubric-society/3761296-six-ukrainian-children-returned-from-russia-arrive-in-the-hague.html

CNN
https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/videos/os-russos-destroem-os-passaportes-e-queimam-lhes-as-impressoes-digitais-criancas-ucranianas-podem-estar-a-ser-usadas-como-escudos-humanos-na-crimeia/6505f0ce0cf200ca935546db

Telegram
https://t.me/ermaka2022/3666
https://t.me/dmytro_lubinetzs/3766

NPO
https://op1npo.nl/2023/09/14/zes-naar-rusland-gedeporteerde-kinderen-doen-samen-met-karel-burger-dirven-hun-verhaal/

NPO Start
https://www.npostart.nl/drie-naar-rusland-gedeporteerde-oekraiense-kinderen-doen-samen-met-dmytro-lubinets-en-karel-burger-dirven-hun-verhaal/14-09-2023/POMS_WNL_20077663

NRC
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/09/15/rusland-zet-hele-gezinnen-gevangen-a4174547

Parool
https://www.parool.nl/nederland/ilya-11-werd-in-opdracht-van-poetin-ontvoerd-en-moest-russisch-leren-ik-bleef-slava-ukraini-roepen~b5039310/

Rijksoverheid
https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuws/2023/09/14/minister-bruins-slot-in-gesprek-met-door-rusland-ontvoerde-kinderen-uit-oekraine

MSN
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/bring-them-back-ukrainian-orphans-demand-return-of-children-in-russia/ar-AA1gNRU5

Odessa Journal
https://odessa-journal.com/andriy-yermak-ukraine-can-count-on-support-of-the-netherlands-in-returning-home-ukrainian-children-forcibly-deported-to-russia