It is noted that the PACE Culture Committee in Copenhagen unanimously supported the resolution "Opposing the destruction of cultural identity in times of war and peace". The document will be voted for in the hall at the PACE session in June. Among its main provisions:

• ensuring full reparation based on international law, in particular through restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition of destruction 
• raising awareness of how propaganda, colonial and neo-colonial practices, in particular the ideology of "Russian peace", can set the stage for violations of international law, in particular with regard to cultural heritage
• enforcement of sanctions against those who carry out or facilitate illicit transfer or trade of artifacts, conducting illegal excavations or using artifacts for their own purposes (exhibitions, auctions, scientific publications), as well as ensuring that the authorities and state institutions involved are held accountable

"The resolution enshrines that the Russian Federation uses cultural cleansing as an instrument of war to deny the existence of another cultural identity and to erase historical roots, values, heritage, literature, traditions and language. Such actions constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity and demonstrate a specific genocidal intent to destroy the Ukrainian nation, or at least part of it, in particular by destroying Ukrainian identity and culture. This is part of the genocidal campaign that Russia is conducting against the Ukrainian people", the statement said. 

• January 25 PACE called on EU parliaments to recognize the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia as a war crime