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Ukraine - OPCAT Situation

Updated 23.05.2013

Even though Ukraine became a State Party to the OPCAT in 2006, it decided to designate its Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights as NPM in 2012, through amending the legislation of the Parliamentary Commissioner. A specific NPM Unit has been established and has been operational since then.

The Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture has visited Ukraine in 2011 and the report has not been made public yet.

The SPT member Mari Amos is the SPT Focal Point for Ukraine.

Opcat status
OPCAT Ratification September 19, 2006
UNCAT Ratification February 24, 1987
NPM Designated

Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights

NPM Type

National Human Rights Institution - NPM Unit

NPM Legal Framework

Amendments to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights (entered into force on 4 November 2012 and only available in Ukrainian)

Information
Population 46 710 816
Area (sq km) 603 700
Number of prisons 183
Prison population 150 724
Quick links

SPT Visit: 16-25 May 2011 (See press release) - the report has not been made public yet.

CAT: Concluding Observations (August 2007)

UPR: Draft Report of the Working Group (October 2012)

Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: Report (October-November 2008)

CPT: Report (December 2007) and last visit September 2009

Commissioner for Human Rights (Council of Europe): Report (December 2006)