TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT OF CHILDREN IN UKRAINE

Section 1Analysis of legislation on prevention of torture and ill-treatment of childrenter 36 of the Soviet CPC of Ukraine of 1960. Therefore, in our opinion, its normsin this part should be substantially modified and amended.1.9.2 Plans for reform of the juvenile justice systemThe national report “The summary of the 3 rd and 4 th periodic national reporton the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Childby Ukraine” (2002–2006) reads: “…in Ukraine, so far, there is no holistic systemof juvenile justice. Gradually, only separate elements come into being. Forproper functioning of juvenile justice there should be a thorough reform oflaw enforcement and judicial system.” In 2004, under the direction of the Supreme Court of Ukraine, the workinggroup on reform of juvenile justice in Ukraine was established, which includedrepresentatives of the Supreme Court, Ministry of Health, Ministry ofEducation and Science, Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, Ministry of Justice,Ministry of Family, Youth and Sports, and public organizations. The workinggroup prepared a concept of creation and development of the juvenile justicesystem.On May 31, 2012 the Regulation of the Cabinet of Ministers of UkraineNo. 329-p cleared the National Action Plan to implement the UN Conventionon the Rights of a Child for the period up to 2016, which contains certain tasksin the direction of creation of the juvenile justice system, namely:— The development of the legal framework for the juvenile courts blueprint;— The implementation of institutional support of juvenile justice systemthrough the introduction of juvenile justice before 2016;— Educational networking up to 2016 for training of specialists for juvenilejustice system;— Provision by 2016 for each child, who has committed or is suspectedof committing an offense, of access to lawyers and social workers andother professionals during the preliminary investigation and duringthe court cases in which one of the parties is a child; National report “The summary of the 3rd and 4th periodic national report on the implementationof the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child by Ukraine” (2002–2006), Chapter VIII.Special protection (b) of juvenile delinquents and (i) on juvenile justice (Article 40), www.unicef.org/ukraine/CRC_Report_Final_UKR.doc.83