Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation Against Ukraine (RD4U)

What Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation Against Ukraine (RD4U) does

The Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation Against Ukraine (RD4U) is an international non-profit mechanism established in 2023 through a Council of Europe convention to document and record damages caused by Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine. Headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, under the Council of Europe's governance framework (parent headquarters in Strasbourg, France), the organization operates a victim-centred claims submission portal that enables individuals, legal entities, and the State of Ukraine to file structured claims across an expanding taxonomy of damage categories: Category A covers individual harms including displacement, death, injury, sexual violence, torture, deprivation of liberty, and property loss; Categories B and C cover critical and non-critical infrastructure damage and asset destruction for legal entities and the state.

The core technology is a web-based claims submission portal with a categorized damage documentation system, supported by a Civil Society Coordination Platform linking civil society organizations, notaries, and free legal aid providers. Distribution is entirely non-commercial and direct-to-consumer: claimants access the portal directly or through a global assistance network, with outreach supplemented by social media, information materials, and press. Outreach spans geographies including the Netherlands, France, and Ukraine, with the broader claimant base effectively global where displaced Ukrainian victims reside.

RD4U does not generate commercial revenue. It is funded through the Council of Europe framework by participating member states and operates as the first step toward an international compensation mechanism. Recent operational milestones include surpassing 45,000 recorded claims (April 2026), the launch of infrastructure and asset damage categories for legal entities and the State of Ukraine (April 2026), and Canada's accession as the first non-member signatory to the International Claims Commission convention (May 2026).

Name

Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation Against Ukraine (RD4U)

Legal name

Register of Damage for Ukraine (RD4U)

Website

https://rd4u.claims

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

RD4U is a Council of Europe international mechanism that documents and records damages caused by Russia's aggression against Ukraine, serving individual victims, legal entities, and the State of Ukraine through a claims submission portal and civil society coordination network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

War Damage Registry

NAICS

Document Preparation Services (561410), Business Support Services (5614)

SIC

Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374), Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Payment Integrity, Audit, Appeals & Grievance Support (BPAAAFAJ)

Keywords

• International claims processing
• War damage assessment
• Reparation documentation
• Victim claims registry
• Conflict damage registry

Headquarters

HQ city

Strasbourg

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. International Funding: RD4U is established under the Council of Europe and funded by participating member states. It operates as a non-profit international mechanism for documenting damages and does not generate commercial revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

RD4U operates an online claims submission portal that documents and records damages caused by Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine, serving as the first international step toward a future compensation mechanism. The Register accepts and processes claims across multiple categories covering individual harms (death, injury, sexual violence, displacement, property loss), infrastructure destruction, and asset damage for legal entities and the State of Ukraine. As of April 2026, the Register has surpassed 45,000 recorded claims.

Product overview

The Register of Damage for Ukraine is a single unified platform operated under the Council of Europe to document and record claims for damage, loss, or injury caused by Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine. The platform consists of a claims submission portal that enables victims to file claims across multiple categories, including individual damage claims (Category A covering personal harm, displacement, property damage) and infrastructure/asset damage claims for legal entities and the State (Categories B and C). The Register has surpassed 45,000 recorded claims and serves as the first step toward an international compensation mechanism.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Claims Submission Portal A web-based portal enabling individuals, legal entities, and the State of Ukraine to submit and record claims documenting damages caused by Russian aggression against Ukraine, accessible globally at rd4u.coe.int.
• Category A Individual Damage Claims Claim categories for individual victims covering involuntary displacement (A1.1, A1.2), death or disappearance of family members (A2.1, A2.2), serious personal injury (A2.3), sexual violence (A2.4), torture or inhuman treatment (A2.5), deprivation of liberty (A2.6), forced labour (A2.7), forcible transfer of children and adults (A2.8, A2.9), and property damage including residential (A3.1), non-residential (A3.2), loss of housing (A3.3), loss of individual enterprise (A3.5), and loss of property access in occupied territories (A3.6).
• Category B and C Infrastructure and Asset Damage Claims Claims categories for legal entities and the State of Ukraine covering damage or destruction of critical and non-critical infrastructure (B1.1, B1.2, C1.1, C1.2) and damage, destruction or loss of assets (C3.1).

Quantifiable outcome

• 45,000+ recorded claims documenting damages from Russian aggression

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and supporting.

• CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 May 2026Canada became the first non-member state of the Council of Europe to sign the convention establishing the International Claims Commission for Ukraine, demonstrating international commitment to the reparation mechanism.
• Council of EuropeflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerRD4U is established under and operates within the framework of the Council of Europe, an international organization with 46 member states dedicated to human rights, democracy, and rule of law in Europe.
• Civil Society OrganisationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of civil society organizations participating in the Register's Civil Society Coordination Platform, providing assistance to victims submitting claims.
• NotariessupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProfessional notaries providing support to claimants in documenting and submitting claims to the Register.
• Free Legal Aid SystemssupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLegal aid providers offering free professional assistance to victims in the claims documentation process.
• Conference of ParticipantscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGoverning body of the Register composed of participants that reviews progress and elects the Bureau.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference): The Claims Conference negotiates and administers compensation for victims of Nazi persecution, a parallel international reparation/claims documentation mechanism operating for decades. Highly comparable in mandate (mass-harm reparations) and victim-centered approach.
• Ukraine eRecovery / Diia Damaged Property Registry: Ukraine's national government registry documenting damaged residential property via the Diia app. Overlaps significantly with RD4U's Category A3 claims but operates at the national compensation level rather than the international reparation level; both serve as parallel evidence pipelines.
• Stiftung EVZ (Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future): German foundation administering forced-labor compensation programs and remembrance initiatives; structurally analogous to RD4U as a state-backed, internationally funded reparation entity with claims-processing infrastructure and a victim-centered mandate.
• United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC): The UNCC administered a comparable reparation regime for damages caused by Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, processing nearly 2.7 million claims and awarding ~$52 billion. Most direct functional peer to RD4U: a UN-mandated international body documenting/compensating state-conflict damages.

Broad incumbents

• European Court of Human Rights (ECHR): Sister body of the Council of Europe framework that adjudicates individual human-rights claims against member states. Adjacent to RD4U in that it documents and rules on rights violations involving CoE member states, though its scope is broader and its remedy is judicial rather than compensatory.

Others

• International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP): International organization addressing persons missing as a result of armed conflict, human rights violations, and disasters — overlapping with RD4U's Category A2 (death, missing family members, deprivation of liberty) documentation mandate.
• International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine (ICPCA): Joint investigative and prosecution initiative within the Eurojust framework for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. Operates upstream of RD4U — its evidentiary outputs may feed the Register's claims data, particularly for Category A2 personal-harm claims.
• UN Trust Fund for Victims: Trust fund linked to the International Criminal Court providing reparations to victims of crimes within ICC jurisdiction. Functionally adjacent: victim-centered reparation administration for international crimes, with a compensation mandate that complements RD4U's documentation-first focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RD4U_claims
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@RD4U.claims
• Facebookfacebook.com/claims.rd4u
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/register-of-damage-for-ukraine

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