TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT OF CHILDREN IN UKRAINE

Section 8Recommendationssary to introduce the real specialization of judges in criminal cases of minors,including appropriate training of judges.7. It is necessary to pool the experience of judicial practice concerning theissue of pretrial safeguard measures for juvenile offenders and work out recommendationsfor judges based on the absence in the CPC of Ukraine of specialreasons for selecting preventive measure of detention for minors in the form ofdetention in custody in order to prevent a violation of the principles embodiedin the Beijing Rules specifying that the pre-trial detention of the child shall beused only as an emergency measure and within the shortest period of time.8. In order to enhance the educational impact on juveniles who have committedoffenses it is necessary to reconsider the effectiveness of punishmentin the form of public works as there may be alternative jobs (e. g., orderly in thehospital for victims of crime).8.2. Component IІ1. Introduce residency training for law enforcers, who work with children,including:— Inclusion of certain positions intended to work with children into theclassifier of professions;— The introduction of appropriate educational specialties in the institutionsof higher education of the MIA of Ukraine and State PenitentiarySystem of Ukraine;;— Permit to work with children only for employees who are trained towork with children.2. Only specially trained and designated for this personnel should be authorizedto conduct any legal proceedings with children, who were detainedand taken to the militia division, including informal interrogation.3. To develop and implement special regulations concerning children,who have troubles with the law and face the criminal justice system for minors,in particular regarding as follows:— Investigating complaints of torture and ill-treatment;— Rules of medical backup;— Involvement in socially useful work in correctional facilities.— To come to agreement on rules for the application of physical force,special means and weapons on minors in all law enforcement agen-193