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.
