Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights
Russia’s Security Service officially bans journalist Semena from leaving for treatment
Semena’s lawyer Andrei Sabinin posted the relevant statement
Ukraine’s Constitutional Court repeals USSR-era requirement to obtain permits for religious meetings
The Constitutional Court of Ukraine ruled unconstitutional the provision on advance notice of holding public worship, religious rites, ceremonies and processions
Ukrainian Paralympians ranked third in medal table
Ukrainian athletes won 12 medals on Sunday
Crimean activist Chiygoz did not hear victims participating in trial via videoconference
The lawyers’ motion on the need for the presence of Akhtem Chiygoz in the courtroom was again rejected
Activists Outraged by the Torture of Anticorruption Workers
At the Prosecutor General's Office demanding punishment against those who tortured members of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine
PGO detains four ex-Berkut officers suspected of murders on Maidan
The detainees are working in the National Police of Ukraine
Experts: Representatives of Ukrainian state and institutions use tortures
In 2015, Ukraine lost 14 cases in ECHR over use of torture. The claimants have received over 150,000 euros in compensation from the state budget.
Ombudsperson’s Office: Ukraine lacks recovery services for victims of sexual abuse
Lack of services to respond to cases of sexual violence against women and girls in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine is a serious challenge for Ukraine
Ukrainian MPs decide not to abolish requirement of legal education for public prosecutor
Ukrainian Parliament failed to pass the bill that changed some aspects of functioning of the Prosecutor General's Office and the State Bureau of Investigation
Ukrainian Ombudsperson requires adopting changes in legislation to prevent violations of freedom of association
Ombudsperson also urges to take measures to prevent violations of mentioned rights of citizens before amendments come into force
Preventing torture in Ukraine: the NPM experience
Would you like to look behind the scenes and learn about how the National Preventive Mechanism in Ukraine?
Inadmissible people cut off from civilization in Zaporizhzhia Airport
People have no access to hot meals, currency exchange, Internet, pay telephone
173 criminal cases handed over from uncontrolled territory
These people are in custody following the rulings of the courts of the first instance or the courts of appeal or the courts of cassation, which sent the case back for further investigation
Government conceals Action Plan on Human Rights Strategy
It has not been published for 23 days already.
Forced confession: Ukraine ignoring UN’s recommendations
The Parliament is asked to determine the status of the decisions of the UN Committees on Human Rights and Against Torture
Convicts transferred from occupied territory to Ukraine for the third time
Twenty convicts from the Yenakiyevo colony No.52 have been transferred to the government-controlled territory of Ukraine.
Residents of psycho-neurological residential facilities in Zakarpattia region are kept behind bars
The residents are forced to work at farm. There are bars on windows, broken beds, dirty mattresses and sheets in the rooms, where the residents are isolated. As the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights website reports, this was found out by staff of the department for the National Preventive Mechanism implementation of the Secretariat […]
Nineteen Roma children left homeless as a result of domestic conflict in Mukachevo
The victims claim that the local police delay investigation into arson and death threats
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