The report of the International Advisory Panel on its review of the investigations into the violent incidents during the Maidan demonstrations will be presented at a press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday, 31 March 2015.

The report will be presented by Sir Nicolas Bratza, Chair of the International Advisory Panel (IAP), former President of the European Court of Human Rights; Volodymyr Butkevych, IAP Member, former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights, and Oleg Anpilogov, IAP Member, a former prosecutor of Ukraine.

Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Special Advisor of the Council of Europe Secretary General for Ukraine, Christos Giakoumopoulos, will also take part in the press conference.

The press conference will take place at 11:00 on Tuesday, 31 March 2015, at the Ukrinform Press Centre (8/16 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho Street, Kyiv). Language regime: English – Ukrainian.

Given limited space, prior accreditation of media representatives is mandatory. The deadline for media accreditation is 9:00 on 31 March 2015.

Media accreditation is done by the Council of Europe’s Office in Kyiv, contact person for accreditation: Olga Lytvyniuk, olga.lytvyniuk@coe.int, +38 050 452 31 18

The press-conference will be streamed live on Youtube

Background:

The International Advisory Panel was constituted by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to oversee that the investigations into the violent incidents which took place in Ukraine from 30 November 2013 to 21 February 2014 met all the requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights. The Panel operates in accordance with its mandate.

See https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/international-advisory-panel

Contact: Tatiana Baeva, Spokesperson/Media Officer, Tatiana.Baeva@coe.int