The human rights advocates also recalled that under the principle of non-refoulement, enshrined in the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a state may not return a person to a country where their life is at risk if there are substantial grounds for believing that they may face other violations of fundamental human rights, such as torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
According to the assessment of the Center for Civil Liberties, this draft law eliminates the procedural independence of prosecutors. The changes would dismantle the system of anti-corruption bodies, particularly the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine
In her recommendations last year, Katzarova also demanded the immediate release of all Ukrainian prisoners and Russian political prisoners. She pointed out that Russians who spoke out against the war paid for it with imprisonment
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