Alternative report on the fulfilment by Ukraine of its international obligations under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
A coalition of civil society organisations, including Human Rights Centre ZMINA, Ukrainian Legal Advisory Group (ULAG), Ukraine without Torture and Freerights in cooperation with the international organisation World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), prepared this Alternative Report to the UN Committee against Torture, considering the importance of Ukraine fulfilling its international obligations under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
This report aims to comprehensively cover the issues of observance of the human right to personal dignity and was prepared to ensure an impartial review by the Committee of Ukraine’s implementation of the recommendations
It states the progress made by Ukraine in combating torture as a systemic violation in the field of criminal justice, namely the development of the National Preventive Mechanism and partial implementation of the Istanbul Protocol, etc. It presents the position on the situation with torture and other forms of ill-treatment in Ukraine, which should assist the Committee’s experts in fully understanding the problems in this area.
Particular attention was paid to the challenges posed by the armed conflict to documenting and investigating torture committed during the Russian armed aggression in Ukraine.
Each chapter contains recommendations for the Government of Ukraine to overcome the problems described in the report.
