Books, brochures, periodicals and reports published by human rights organisations. This collection includes guidance manuals for prisoners and their relatives, analytical reports on the state of human rights compliance, and legal and historical studies of the prison system. The materials are designed to raise citizens’ legal awareness, provide practical advice and familiarise specialists with the results of work in this field.
Analytical Report on Monitoring Visits to Penitentiary and Social Places of Confinement in 2023
This analytical report was prepared by three Ukrainian human rights organisations — Protection of Prisoners of Ukraine (PPU), the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG) and Ukraine Without Torture (UWT), in partnership with the Danish Institute Against Torture (DIGNITY). The report concerns visits to penitentiary institutions and social places of confinement in Ukraine carried out in 2023.
Analytical Report on the Results of Monitoring Visits to Places of Confinement in the Government-Controlled Territory of Ukraine in 2022
The analytical report contains the results of monitoring the compliance with the rights of prisoners and detainees in correctional facilities and residents of social care institutions in territories controlled by the Ukrainian authorities, conducted from August to December 2022
Methodology for Preventive Monitoring of Human Rights in Penitentiary Institutions in the Government-Controlled Territory of Ukraine
This publication contains a detailed guide on conducting monitoring visits to correctional facilities, aimed at monitoring compliance with human rights, in particular of prisoners and detainees.
‘Nine Circles of Hell’: Places of Confinement in Ukraine under Russian Occupation. March 2022 – December 2022
The title of this report, ‘Nine Circles of Hell’, was inspired by an interview with a person who survived torture while imprisoned in Northern Correctional Colony No. 90 in the Kherson Region.
Reform of the Penitentiary Healthcare
The reader is offered analytical materials on the state of medical care in penitentiary institutions of Ukraine, prepared by the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, and the vision of human rights activists on the reform of penitentiary healthcare.
Life Imprisonment: European Standards and Ukrainian Practice
Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights on Violations of Prisoners’ Rights from 2016 to 2021
This book contains translations of 20 out of 112 judgments delivered by the European Court of Human Rights from 2016 to 2021 in cases against Ukraine concerning violations of prisoners’ rights under Articles 2, 3 and 8 of the European Convention.
The Penitentiary System of Ukraine and the Standards of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
In this publication, the reader will find a key set of international standards in the penitentiary sphere developed by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
On the readiness of the penitentiary system of Ukraine to counteract the spread of COVID-19
The report discusses the threat of mass spread of the infectious disease COVID-19 in places of detention in general, and in particular, in penitentiaries.
How to file a motion for parole?
Under the Criminal Code of Ukraine (hereinafter — the CC), a person may be granted parole (hereinafter — parole) from serving a sentence, particularly in the form of imprisonment or restriction of liberty.
How to file a motion to replace the unserved part of a sentence with a milder one?
Under the Criminal Code of Ukraine (hereinafter — the CC), for persons serving a sentence in the form of imprisonment or restriction of liberty, the unserved portion of the sentence may be replaced by the court with a milder punishment.
How to apply the ‘Savchenko Law’?
Under the Criminal Code of Ukraine, pre-trial detention (in other words, holding in a remand centre) is credited towards the duration of the sentence in the event of conviction resulting in imprisonment.
Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights against Ukraine regarding the violation of the rights of vulnerable groups
The reader is presented with translations of judgments from the European Court of Human Rights against Ukraine concerning the violation of the rights of vulnerable groups, including those who are drug-dependent or suffering from HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, tuberculosis, and other severe illnesses. Judgments in cases heard by the European Court between 2007 and 2020 are provided.
The Kharkiv GULAG. Non-fictional stories from prison life
The reader’s attention is invited to a description of what we consider the most dreadful penal institution in Ukraine’s criminal-executive system — Alekseevskaya Colony No. 25 in Kharkiv.
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here
This book is a typical example of biographical prose, and there is nothing fictional within it.