SOS Children’s Villages under Pressure for the Abduction of Ukrainian Children

OrganizationsInternational Organizations ♦ Published: March 2, 2023; 23:50 ♦ (Vindobona)

Already last week, the internationally active aid organization SOS Children's Villages, founded in Austria, was confronted with accusations of being involved in the abduction of Ukrainian children to Russia.

The Organisation SOS Children's Villages Has Distanced Itself from the Organisation in Russia and Condemns their Deeds. / Picture: © Mirek Pruchnicki from Przemyśl, Sanok, Polska, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

In the course of the ongoing audit surrounding the care of 13 Ukrainian children in an SOS Children's Villages in Russia, the Russian organization has so far been unable to prove that all child rights and humanitarian standards are being met. It can still be assumed that there is a worrying connection with forced relocations. However, there is still no evidence that SOS Children's…