Suicides of convicts

Reports of unjustified disciplinary punishments of convicts do not cease. As before, they are difficult to verify.

HIV-infected convicts of Colony No. 6 found out that the state owes them

For the first time in the institutions of the penitentiary system of the Kirovohrad region, a human rights school class has been conducted for convicts. As a result, 10 HIV-infected convicts of Colony No. 6 learned about the inalienable human rights and the obligations that the state has to ensure them.

How Ukraine ensures the protection of citizens against torture

Two years ago, Ukraine ratified the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture, which itself entered into force on 22 June 2006. The problem of the use of torture, especially by law enforcement agencies, was and remains very acute. It has not lost its relevance even now.

Legal Knowledge Month for convicts and released persons

A Legal Knowledge Month for convicts and released persons has taken place in Chernihiv

Issues of Social Protection for Penal System Personnel

Today, it seems that everyone is eager to criticise and lecture the practical staff of the Penal System. Human rights activists actively discuss the extraordinary events that periodically occur within the Penal System of Ukraine, viewing them solely as a consequence of the system’s own operations. Almost no one considers the underlying causes leading to these events. In this research, the author attempts to examine the problem of respecting the rights and legitimate interests of convicts through the prism of respecting the rights of the staff.

Unity Day in Perevalsk Colony

Many of the boys heard for the first time about such a holiday as the Unity Day of Ukraine, and about the difficulties of the Ukrainian people that stood in the way of the reunification of the two branches of the Ukrainian people separated by historical fate.

The court has recognised that the beating of prisoners was legal

Resolution of the Shepetivka District Court of 30 December 2008 regarding a complaint against the prosecutor’s resolution of 7 February 2007 on the refusal to initiate a criminal case regarding the fact of mass beating of prisoners by special units wearing masks in Izyaslav Penal Colony No 31

Appeal of the UHHRU to higher authorities

Appeal of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union regarding the legislative limitation of the number of parcels and letters for prisoners

The European Court has upheld three complaints against Russia

On 29 January, the European Court of Human Rights upheld 3 complaints against Russia regarding articles on the use of torture and the detention of prisoners in inhumane conditions in the period from 2001 to 2003, states the official website of the European Court.

One Percent

Chairman of the Supreme Court V. Lebedev stated that the number of convicts in 2008 had decreased. But the decrease was only 1 percent.

Life-sentenced prisoner declares hunger strike

Life-sentenced prisoner announces indefinite hunger strike in Lviv detention centre

The effectiveness of justice in Ukraine leaves much to be desired

In 2008, following European Court of Human Rights rulings, Ukraine paid out 20.5 million hryvnias to claimants.