Publicism

Death penalty: to be or not to be!

On January 26-27, I was fortunate enough to attend the International conference "Development of the criminal justice system in the Republic of Belarus", dedicated to problems of humanization of the criminal punishment system in Belarus and, in particular, to prospects of death penalty abolition in the Republic...

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THE EXPERIENCE OF ALL-UKRAINIAN CAMPAIGN "POLICE UNDER CONTROL" PRESENTED IN VILNIUS TO THE NGO’ ACTIVISTS FROM THREE COUNTRIES

On 21st of December, 2011 the representatives of the Association UMDPL O. Martynenko and V. Pyvovarov took part in the International Educational Course on Human Rights, held in Vilnius (Lithuania).

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HUMAN RIGHTS CONDUCT IN UKRAINIAN POLICE: ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, 2011

On 19th of December, 2011 in Kiev press center "Ukrinform" at 10:00, the round table "Human rights in police activities: assessment of human rights activists" had occurred...

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STATE PENAL SERVICE OF UKRAINE - RESULTS OF PUBLIC EXAMINATION

December 5, 2011 UMDPL Association sent the results of public examination to The Head of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine (DPTS). The subject of examination was the interaction of the correctional system with the non-government organizations...

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DISCUSSING EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS OF PUBLIC CONTROL OVER LAW ENFORCEMENT IN KIEV

On November 8th, 2011 in Kyiv the International Conference "Mechanisms of social control in the prevention of abuse and unlawful violence in Ukraine" was hosted...

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“Hot Line” against violence in the militia - results of the first day.

Yesterday there has begun the work «hot line», organised in frameworks All-Ukraine campaigns «Militia under control»...

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LVIV POLICE UNDER PUBLIC MONITORING

21-23 October 2011 in Lviv held regular training UMDPL Association (the Association of the Ukrainian monitors on Human rights conduct in law enforcement) for NGO’ activists and mass media...

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Open Letter of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights on the Warsaw Eastern Partnership Summit (29-30 September 2011)

On 29 September 2011, in scope of the Polish Presidency in the Council of the European Union. Warsaw will host the Eastern Partnership Summit. It will be the first meeting of the heads of States and Governments since the inauguration of the new EU initiative towards Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine in 2009...

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THE ACCESS TO INVESTIGATIONS INTO TORTURES AND ILL-TREATMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC CONTROL: OUTSTANDING TASKS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT BODIES

The responsibilities of Ukraine’s law enforcement bodies and, specifically, internal affairs bodies, concerning the enforcement of human rights are a product of an enduring process of the formation of international and national legislation, as well as of an equally enduring and debatable process of the approval of such legislation.

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INTERNATIONAL DONOR ASSISTANCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS: WHO ARE THE MODERN "FUNDEATERS" IN UKRAINE?

A problem of formation of the national system of support and protection of human rights is in the focus of the European community, whose countries are interested in sustainable development of Ukraine as a legal state and in providing necessary resources for solving problems in this area...

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