TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT OF CHILDREN IN UKRAINE

Methodological framework of the study— Procedures and practices designed to protect victims of torture orbrutal treatment from further violence, threats, or reprisals;— The definition of torture and brutal treatment in the criminal law andappropriate penalties for this crime;— Administrative violations used in cases of child abuse by law enforcersor other government officials, including the responsibility for the lackof prevention, investigation or reports of brutal treatment and appropriatesanctions.Also analyzed is the new CPC as regards research topics and proposalsconcerning legislative improvements in the context of reforming the juvenilejustice system.⇒ Section IIThe study analyzed the regulations concerning as follows:— Personnel supposed to work with children, its selection and training— Medical care of detainees or prisoners, realization of the rights of childrendeprived of their liberty to medical and psychological care;— Mechanisms or procedures of monitoring of the treatment of minorsin the context of juvenile justice;— The conditions of detention of children in institution of confinement;— Mechanisms for appeal procedures in the case of abuse and taking theappropriate measures on such facts by officials;— Procedures for the protection of victims of torture and brutal treatmentfrom further violence, intimidation and repression;— The responsibility of the appropriate officials (functionaries) for failureto warn, inform or investigate cases of brutal treatment.Information requests were sent to the State Service of Execution of Punishments,Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (MIA), Prosecutor-General’s Officeof Ukraine (GPO), Secretariat of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on HumanRights, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (MES) and Ministry ofHealth of Ukraine (MOH). The answers received from law enforcement agenciesshowed that there are no statistical data on complaints of torture and brutaltreatment of minors. There are also no statistical data on trials against officialswho committed such acts or investigation by the competent authoritiesof the incidents of torture and brutal treatment. The working group receiveda lot of information regarding administrative standards and procedures re-29