TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT OF CHILDREN IN UKRAINE

Torture and ill-treatment of children in Ukraine7) Educational measures with minors, for example, informing them abouttheir rights when being detained.1564.2.9 What should be done to avoid ill-treatment of minors who areserving sentences?1) Public control, activation of supervisory commissions; control from theOffice of the Human Rights Ombudsperson.2) Improvement of everyday conditions in penitentiary institutions; consolidationof the colonies’ material base.3) Change in the philosophy and practice in favour of educational practice;humanization of serving sentences.4) Ensuring that people can lodge complaints without hindrance as wellas control over their consideration; bans on censorship of complaints; imposeat the demand of the victim preventative measures aimed at keeping him orher away from the person who caused the harm.5) Strict selection of qualified staff who must, however, have the properfinancial and social backup; improve of the staff’s level of education.6) Ensure minors’ access to education.7) Change the method of work of psychologists making it more individualized.8) Monitor the treatment of children, and not the conditions.9) Increase the number of family visits.10) Remove restrictions on using mobile telephones and the Internet.11) Make medical personnel and social workers subordinate solely to therelevant ministries; make the positions of heads of UVP civilian posts.12) Organize full employment for prisoners.13) The need for special education of personnel of corrective coloniessince their education does not presently differ in any way from that of peopleworking in adults’ colonies.14) Development of cooperation between civil society and educationalinstitutions; regular visits to corrective colonies by representatives, includingpsychologists, educationalists, and especially lawyers.15) Creation of an independent mechanism for examining allegations ofill-treatment.