TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT OF CHILDREN IN UKRAINE

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Torture and ill-treatment of children in Ukraineto procedure set out in law to comprehensive schools of social rehabilitationand vocational colleges of social rehabilitation. Minors abusing alcoholor drugs, as well as minors who, due to their state of health cannot be sentto comprehensive schools of social rehabilitation and vocational colleges ofsocial rehabilitation are sent to centres of medical and social rehabilitationof minors. Children in the above-mentioned establishments are guaranteedthe right to humane treatment from those around; to health care; the obtainingof basic education and vocational training; to seeing their parentsor those substituting them; leave; correspondence; to receive parcels fromparents, humanitarian, charitable other civic organizations which have expressedthe wish to help them according to procedure established by Ukrainianlegislation.721.8. The Law on Preventing Violence in the Family definesthe legal and organizational foundationsfor preventing violence in the family;the bodies and institutions which are giventhe responsibility of carrying out measuresto prevent such violenceAccording to this Law, any measures are mainly carried out on the basisof information from the victim of violence or members of the family whichfaces the real danger of such violence. A report can also be lodged by anotherperson who is aware of cases of violence in the family.The following special measures for preventing domestic violence are setout:— An official warning about the inadmissibility of acts of violence withinthe family. This is made by the service of police inspectors or the criminalpolice on juvenile matters. Should the person commit an act ofdomestic violence after receiving an official warning about the inadmissibilityof acts of violence within the family, the person is sent toa crisis centre to go on a corrective programme. A protection ordermay also be issued in the person’s case in the cases and according tothe procedure envisaged by the Law.— Members of the family who have been issued an official warning aboutthe inadmissibility of acts of violence within the family are placed by
Section 1Analysis of legislation on prevention of torture and ill-treatment of childrenthe service of police inspectors or the criminal police on juvenile matterson a preventive register.— A person who has committed an act of domestic violence after receivingan official warning about the inadmissibility of such violence, maybe issued with a protection order by the police inspectors service orcriminal police on juvenile matters, having agreed this with the headof the relevant Internal Affairs body and the Prosecutor.— A decision to obtain compensation from a person responsible fordomestic violence for the expenses incurred on keeping the victimsof domestic violence in specialized institutions for such victims istaken by the court according to legally established procedure onthe application of the administration of the specialized institutionconcerned.As we see, these measures are placed within the administrative branch oflaw and envisage certain legal restrictions should they be applied. The procedurefor their application is, furthermore, considerably simplified. The courtdoes not take part in this process. Administrative liability is envisaged for infringementsof the Law on Preventing Violence in the Family. This concerns Article173-2 of the Code of Administrative Offences mentioned earlier. It envisagesliability for domestic violence, failure to observe a protection order or toundergo a corrective programme. The provisions of the Law are thus ensuredthrough the State’s coercive power.Presidential Degree “On a Concept Framework for the Development ofCriminal Justice with regard to Minors in Ukraine” from 24 May 2011. No. 597The aim of this Concept framework is to create in Ukraine a fully-fledgedsystem of criminal justice for minors capable of ensuring the lawfulness,justification and efficacy of each decision regarding a child who has comeinto conflict with the law, linked with their re-education and further socialsupport.The existence of this Concept Framework and the backup and mechanismsfor implementing the institutions aimed at prevention of ill-treatmentof children are ineffective and need change.Work on developing juvenile justice is planned in the following directions:— Improvement of the system for prevention of juvenile crime based onthe use of restorative and proactive methodology;73
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