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Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee visits
Ukraine
27.10.2005 - A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the
Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)
carried out a visit to Ukraine from 9 to 21 October 2005. It was the CPT's fifth
visit to Ukraine.
In the course of the visit, the CPT's delegation reviewed developments relating
to the treatment of persons deprived of liberty by law enforcement agencies and
the situation of foreign nationals detained under aliens legislation. It also
assessed the current situation in colonies (establishments for sentenced
prisoners) and, for the first time in Ukraine, in colonies for women. In this
context, the delegation also examined in detail the conditions of detention of
men and women sentenced to life imprisonment.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
- Marc NEVE (Head of Delegation)
(Belgian)
- Veronica PIMENOFF (Finnish)
- Joan-Miquel RASCAGNERES (Andorran)
- Pierre SCHMIT (Luxemburger).
They were supported by three members of the CPT’s Secretariat, Geneviève MAYER
(Deputy Executive Secretary), Johan FRIESTEDT and Elvin ALIYEV, and assisted by
three experts, Dan DERMENGIU, Head of Forensic Medicine Department, Medical
Faculty "Carol Davila", Bucharest, Romania, Timothy HARDING, Director of the
University Institute of Forensic Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland, and Erik
SVANIDZE, former Head of Internal Law Department of the Prosecutor General’s
Office of Georgia.
During the visit, the delegation held meetings with V. V. KOSHCHYNETS and A. S.
LAGODA, respectively Head and First Deputy Head of the State Department for the
Execution of Sentences, V. M. RUDIK, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, S. P.
BEREZHNOV, Deputy Minister of Health Protection, A. M. MUDROV, Deputy Head of
the State Security Service and B. M. MARCHENKO, Acting Head of the Border
Protection Department, Border Guard Service. In addition, the delegation met
Nina KARPACHOVA, Ombudsperson of Ukraine.
The delegation visited the following places:
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Kyiv City
• Ministry of Internal Affairs
Temporary Holding Facility (ITT), Kosogirnyi Street
• Dniprovske District Command of
Internal Affairs, Sub-Division No. 4, Kaunaska Street
• Golosyivske District Command of
Internal Affairs, Golosiyvska Street
• Centre for the reception and
distribution of vagrants and special detention centre, Remontna Street
Kherson City
• Komsomolskyi District Command of
Internal Affairs, Filatova Street
Lviv Region
• Ministry of Internal Affairs
Temporary Holding Facility (ITT), S. Bandera Street, Lviv
• Shevchenkivskyi District Command of
Internal Affairs, Akademika Kuchera Street, Lviv
• Zaliznychnyi District Command of
Internal Affairs, Gorodotska Street, Lviv
• Centre for the reception and
distribution of vagrants, Sinna Street, Lviv
• Centre for the reception and
distribution of minors, Shevchenka Street, Lviv
• Department of Internal Affairs,
Budzinovskovo Street, Mostyska
Poltava City
• Ministry of Internal Affairs
Temporary Holding Facility (ITT), Marshala Byryuzova Street
• Oktyabrskyi District Command of
Internal Affairs, Komsomolska Street
Transcarpathian Region
• Ministry of Internal Affairs
Temporary Holding Facility (ITT), Yaroslav Mudryi Street, Mukachevo
• Department of Internal Affairs,
Moskovska Street, Mukachevo
• Centre for the reception and
distribution of vagrants, Drugetiv Street, Uzhgorod
Department for the Execution of Sentences
Kharkiv Region
• Temnivka Colony No. 100 for men,
including the unit for men sentenced to life imprisonment
• Temporary unit for women sentenced
to life imprisonment at Kharkiv Colony No. 54
Kherson Region
• Kherson Colony No. 61 for prisoners
with tuberculosis
Poltava Region
• Bozhkivske Colony No. 65 for women
Border Guard Service
Lviv Region
• Temporary Holding Facility of
Border Guard Detachment 2144, Lichakyvska Street, Lviv
• Temporary Holding Premises at
Border Guard “Prykarpattya” check-point, Yaroslav Mudryi Street, Mostyska
Transcarpathian Region
• Temporary Holding Facility of
Border Guard Detachment 2142, Nedetsyi Street, Mukachevo
• Pavshino Temporary Holding Centre
for Men
• Temporary Holding Premises at
Border Guard “Zakarpattya” check-point, Golovna Street, Chop
• Border Guard Unit No. 9,
Sobrinetska Street, Uzhgorod
State Security Service
• State Security Service Holding
Facility, Askoldiv Street, Kyiv
Ministry of Health Protection
• Closed ward of the Municipal
Clinical Emergency Hospital, Kyiv
