Review of Ukraines Fifth Periodic Report to the UN Committee against Torture
23.04.2007
At a press conference on 24 April, representatives of KHPG will discuss the content of the Ukrainian governments Fifth Periodic Report to the UN Committee against Torture and the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Groups independent report on Ukraines compliance with the UN Convention against Torture
Press Conference 13.00, Tuesday, 24 April at the UNIAN Information Agency in Kyiv
Yevhen Zakharov, Co-Chair of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group
and Arkady Bushchenko, lawyer and KHPG legal expert
will provide information about:
- the UN Committee against Tortures control mechanisms for implementing the UN Convention against Torture;
- the preparation by the Ukrainian government of the Fifth Periodic Report to the UN Committee against Torture;
- the content of the Fifth Periodic Report;
- the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Groups Report on Ukraines compliance with the UN Convention against Torture;
- the scale of the use of torture within the Ukrainian law enforcement agenices;
- the procedure for reviewing Ukraines Fifth Periodic Report to the UN Committee against Torture.
They will also provide instances involving the use of torture within the police force and in penal institutions of the State Department for the Execution of Sentences.
All members of the media are cordially invited.
For further information please contact:
8 057 757 51 66
8 057 700 67 71