Protect Your Rights

Procedure for applying to the European Court of Human Rights and conditions for submitting complaints — information from the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. Contact details for representatives of the Government Agent for the European Court of Human Rights in all regions of Ukraine are provided.

Russia: Stop the prison reform

Russian human rights defenders have drafted a Memorandum in which they call for the suspension of the reform of the penitentiary system, as it is accompanied by gross human rights violations

Ukraine has nowhere to put prisoners

As of today, the situation regarding the placement of convicts and persons in custody is extremely difficult. This was stated by the First Deputy Chairman of the State Department for the Execution of Punishments, Serhiy Sydorenko

Relatives of prisoners revolt against the conditions of the Lukyanivske SIZO

Relatives of the arrested who are in the capital’s Lukyanivske SIZO insist that their loved ones behind bars are not receiving proper medical care, and their appeals for hospitalisation are ignored by the administration.

Torture of detainees in Ukrainian SIZO

A seriously ill detainee with a diagnosis of active tuberculosis has been kept in the Mariupol SIZO since August 2009

How to challenge a formal investigation

A formal or negligently conducted investigation into a complaint of police beating can be challenged by referencing the text of the Instruction under which the investigation should have been conducted. The full text of the Instruction is provided.

Opening of a chapel at the Perevalsk Educational Colony

On 11 May 2010, the opening and consecration of a chapel located at the institution took place at the Perevalsk Educational Colony

Possibilities for convicts to perform notarial acts

The Department of Justice in the Dnipropetrovsk region, in response to a request from “Donetsk Memorial”, provided the most complete description of the possibilities for convicts to receive notarial services.

The Prosecutor’s Office of the Donetsk Region disregards the norms of the Constitution of Ukraine

The Prosecutor’s Office of the Donetsk region is ignoring the execution of a court decision, thereby effectively protecting policemen who violated the law from criminal liability. The human rights organization “Donetsk Memorial” has appealed to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine with an Open Letter regarding this matter. Text of the Open Letter

Legal aid for convicted women

In April, a month of legal knowledge began in correctional institutions of the Chernihiv region, in which specialists of the justice department in the Chernihiv region, members of supervisory commissions, lawyers of public and charitable organizations, and leading specialists of government bodies and local self-government are participating

Information surrounding the “events” at the Kuryazh Educational Colony

Regarding information about the alleged beating of convicts at the Kuryazh Educational Colony of the State Department administration in the Kharkiv region by the staff of this institution.

Notary services are unavailable to convicts

One of the important issues not regulated by legislation is the matter of obtaining notary services by persons serving a sentence of imprisonment.