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The Council of Europe implements projects that target shortcomings identified for particular national contexts to help its member states meet human rights standards. All of our projects are tailored to specific country needs and for Ukraine one of the issues to target is ill-treatment. Torture...
Professional development through online education - a tool to combat ill-treatment
To help Ukraine better tackle the systemic problem of ill-treatment as identified in a number of ECtHR judgements, the CoE develops online education courses. Target audience of the latter comprises key actors in the field of combatting serious human rights violations – investigators, prosecutors...
Study visit of Ukrainian NPM to the Austrian Ombudsman Board
Representatives of the National preventive mechanism (NPM) of the Office of Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights had an opportunity to discuss effective tools for prevention of inhuman treatment in psychiatric and social care institutions during the study visit to Vienna on 7-8...
The HELP course on Admissibility criteria in applications submitted to the European Court of Human Rights launched in Ukraine
The Ukrainian version of the HELP course on Admissibility criteria in applications submitted to the European Court of Human Rights was launched for a mixed group of Ukrainian lawyers and judges, who had previously been part of a human rights training course conducted by the Ukrainian Helsinki...
Ukrainian judges and prosecutors trained to successfully implement the HELP course on Prohibition of Ill-treatment and Labour Rights
On 22-24 November, a HELP Training-of-Trainers session was held in Kyiv for a combined group of participants: judges and trainers of the National School of Judges of Ukraine and trainers of the National Academy of Prosecutors of Ukraine. The event was organised within the framework of the Council...
The Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmyla Denisova visits the Council of Europe
On 19 October 2018 the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Ms Lyudmyla Denisova and members of her Office took part in a visit organised under the scope of the project “Enhancing the implementation of human right standards in Ukraine” which is part of the Council of Europe Action...
The course on Admissibility criteria in applications submitted to the ECtHR launched for Ukrainian lawyers
On 7 July 2018, the HELP course on Admissibility criteria in applications submitted to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) was launched for a group of selected 26 Ukrainian lawyers. The launching was organized under the Project ‘Enhancing the implementation of European Human Rights...
New Council of Europe Project in Ukraine officially launched – “Enhancing Implementation of the European Human Rights Standards in Ukraine”
The new Council of Europe Project “Enhancing Implementation of the European Human Rights in Ukraine” was officially launched on 21 June 2018 in Kyiv. The Project is implemented as a part of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine 2018-2021. Key national stakeholders and international...
Ill-treatment in the activities of the National police of Ukraine – experts’ view on the possible solutions and the role of the State Bureau of Investigation
Recommendations of the analytical report “Ill-treatment in the activities of the National police of Ukraine: forms, extent, grounds” were presented for a wide expert discussions held on 4 June 2018 in Kyiv. The expert discussions were organised jointly by the Council of Europe and the State...
Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigation visits the Council of Europe
On 28-29 May 2018 the Director and Deputy Directors of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), a newly established law-enforcement body in Ukraine, took part in a study visit organised by the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. The visit had been...