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The Tribunal for Putin (T4P) global initiative was set up in response to the all-out war launched by Russia against Ukraine in February 2022.
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Constitution of Ukraine: social contract in the trials of war
15.03.2023
The modern motto of restoration of Ukraine must not be “another bourgeois republic” but genuine intellectual freedom and market to compete and truly strive for happiness.
Reform of the Penitentiary Healthcare
25.12.2021
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.
The Security Service Bill is a direct threat to democracy and the rule of law in Ukraine
11.11.2021
SBU remains the successor to the Soviet KGB. SBU was the greatest source of violations of human rights among all state bodies for the last seven years. It carries out the illegal detentions, tortures, forced disappearances, holds the detained persons in custody in secret places. It threatens businesses, runs protection racket on smuggling and engages in other corrupt transactions.
Problems of discrimination and violence by law enforcement bodies against LGBT people
03.11.2021
The report contains the results of a qualitative research of discrimination and violence against LGBT people by law enforcement bodies.
What is next?
31.08.2021
The list of shortcomings of the bill, which is now submitted for second reading, can be extended for a long time. They are so large in size that it seems impossible to fix them.
A brief description of the KHPG strategic litigations in the first half of 2021
30.07.2021
A brief description of the KHPG strategic litigations in the first half of 2021
30.07.2021
A brief description of the KHPG strategic litigations in the first half of 2021
30.07.2021
SSU Reform: Challenges and Prospects. The Study
19.07.2021
The authors suggested the ways of reforming the SSU, based on the international standards and the best global experience.
The Bill on SBU is unacceptable, it should be buried
24.05.2021
The bill No.3196-д in the edition for the second reading concentrates excessive uncontrolled power in the hands of the Security Service of Ukraine. Extremely inaccurate and vague definitions of some basic concepts leave a lot of room for abuse. Despite the declaration of refusal of pre-trial investigation, the SBU is in fact becoming a powerful law enforcement body with much greater powers than other security bodies, which receives levers to control the activities of all other state bodies.
So what will “New SBU” be?
12.02.2021
Last week VRU adopted in the first reading the bill “On amending the Law of Ukraine “On the Security Service of Ukraine“ concerning the improvement for the organizational and legal grounds of activity of the Security Service of Ukraine”. Let us try to figure it out, examining the individual blocks of questions about how the “New SBU” is imagined.
What is wrong with the bill on SBU?
08.02.2021
Essentially the bill No.3196-d legalizes its transformation into the Soviet KGB under the applause of the people who congratulate us with the long-awaited reform of the special service. Have the deputies of the Parliament read what they voted for?
Application practice of Article 109 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine
21.01.2021
It can be concluded that the courts corrected the total cruelty of SBU shown during the pre-trial investigation. In general, the case law was humane, if one is to be certain that the defendants sentenced to probation were not used forcibly for the exchange, meaning that the release was not caused by that very need.
Application practice of Article 110 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine
20.01.2021
Given the case law it could be said that the statements about the mass political persecutions of the supporters of federalization, division of Ukraine and self-proclaimed “people’s republics” are groundless, although in some individual cases the criminal prosecution can be reasonably called a political one.
Investigation of individual terrorist crimes
11.01.2021
In 2013 there were only 4 criminal cases in the SSU proceedings concerning the terrorist acts. In 2014-2019 the investigators from SSU most often used Article 258 of the CC of Ukraine (terrorist act) and Article 258-3 of the CC of Ukraine (the creation of a terrorist group or a terrorist organization) for qualification of terrorist crimes.
A brief description of the KHPG strategic litigations in July–December 2020
06.01.2021
A brief description of the KHPG strategic litigations in July–December 2020
06.01.2021
A brief description of the KHPG strategic litigations in July–December 2020
06.01.2021
The practice of application of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine
22.12.2020
Article 111 punishes for an especially serious crime of the state treason. Judicial practice has shown that the transfer of information to a foreign country or organisation was also interpreted as assistance in subversive activities against Ukraine in the cases when the information did not contain a state secret.
Criminal proceedings under Article 111 of CC of Ukraine against the journalists
15.12.2020
The question is – where in Ukraine ends the freedom of expression and starts the state treason? The boundary between them is not defined.
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