17.12.09
The European Court of Human Rights found that interpretation of the law by the domestic courts had lacked consistency and prevented Vadim Matsyuk from challenging the refusal of the administrative authorities to pay compensation in connection with criminal proceedings
Studies suggest that Ukrainian labour migrants even in conditions of crisis will remain where there is a more realistic chance of finding and retaining a job and “real money”
The investigation concerns the plight of three villagers from the Odessa region who were forced by police officers across the State border between Ukraine and Trans-Dniester where they were unlawfully arrested for a crime they did not commit.
The procedure over the natural reserve fund suffers from a lack of clarity regarding those involved in making areas reserve land; considerable dependence of the final decision on the interests of the local authorities; and the effective lack of liability for inflicting damage to natural treasures formally under State protection
10.12.09
The Court held that there would be a violation of Article 3 of the Convention were Koktysh to be extradited to Belarus, and that there had been violations of Articles 3, 5 and 13 over the conditions of his detention and transportation
08.12.09
A 36-year-old man has died in the Poltavsky [Poltava] Raion Police Station after being detained on suspicion of stealing a scooter
CVU sees no major threat to the results of the elections but notes with concern cases of bribery of voters, the lack of discussion of candidates’ programmes and amount of concealed campaigning in the media
03.12.09 | Yevhen Zakharov
Legal principles for the work of the mass media in Ukraine in the context of the Presidential election campaign 2009/2010. Access to information and protection of journalists’ rights
On 25 November the Kyiv Economic Court found unlawful Item 1 of the Kyiv City Council’s Decision No. 162/1996 from 22 August 2007 which illegally decreased by 9 times the area of the reserve, from 1794 to 196 hectares
27.11.09
The Head of Ukraine’s Security Service [SBU], Valentin Nalyvaichenko has told TV Channel 5 that the criminal file over Holodomor 1932-1933 could be submitted to the court by the end of the year
27.11.09
Government-influenced TV is hampering democracy in Russia, Belarus and most post-Soviet countries in Central Asia and the South Caucasus, and it could endanger international peace and security if misused as a propaganda tool, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti warns
26.11.09
The Centre for Legal and Political Studies “SIM” has expressed concern over allegations that prisoners in the Lutsk SIZO [investigative isolation unit] have been beaten and the refusal of SIZO staff to allow visits to the prisoners in question
25.11.09
Hryhory Petrovsky was the Head of the Ukrainian Central Committee, as well as of the All-Ukrainian Revolutionary Committee and one of the organizers of Holodomor, the man-made famine in 1932-1933
22.11.09
The Ukraine authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Belarusian musician and activist Igor Koktysh, detained for over two years for the peaceful expression of his beliefs
20.11.09
People who in Soviet times faced politically motivated criminal prosecutions are not able to gain rehabilitation and have their “convictions” revoked
17.11.09
According to some observers, current Ukrainian legislation restrictions the opportunities of the media to provide objective coverage of the presidential election campaign, and it is too late to change this
16.11.09
A comparative analysis of the results shows that in the period from 2003 there was a fall of about 400 thousand in the number of people experiencing blows and bodily injuries during detention
16.11.09
In Ukraine there are a large number of legal firms, yet only a few carry out pro bono projects and even less conduct such activities in the sphere of human rights protection
The diaries of a heroic British reporter who sacrificed his reputation, and perhaps his life, to expose Stalin’s “terror famine” in Soviet Ukraine are to go on public display for the first time
The National Television and Broadcasting Council has decided to create an expert council on issues regarding the activities of television and radio companies during the pre-election campaign and presidential elections
