The Council of Europe project “Supporting Institutions to Combat Ill-Treatment in Ukraine” and the European Programme on Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) launched the HELP tutored online course on Prohibition of Ill-Treatment for 25 investigators of the Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigations and prosecutors of the Office of the Prosecutor General.
During the upcoming month course participants will shape their knowledge and skills in European standards and safeguards against ill-treatment, effective investigation into alleged violations and combatting impunity, standards for use of force as means of restraint, conditions of detention, access of detainees to medical treatment. Given the acuteness of ill-treatment problem in Ukraine, this training is actively supported by national partners.
Oleksandr Sokolov, Acting Director of the State Bureau of Investigations said: “We rely on online education a lot. Our institution is currently 45% understaffed and people have such a workload that sometimes it is the only option for us to ensure all employees get access to professional development. We agreed with the Council of Europe on support under our new joint project in helping us set up internal system of professional online education”.
“An important condition for the implementation of effective measures to combat torture is the introduction of appropriate specialization in those governmental agencies that investigate this type of crimes. In-service training on the subject is one of preconditions for further improvement”, says Yurii Bielousov, Head of Special General Prosecutor Office’s Department dealing with ill-treatment and other serious human rights violations by law-enforcement.
The HELP course on Prohibition of Ill-treatment was developed in 2017 and is now available in the HELP online platform in English, as well in the language versions developed for Armenia, Montenegro and Moldova (Romanian).
The course is composed of the following modules:
- Definitions and International/ European legal framework
- Conditions of detention and medical treatment of detainees
- Use of force as a means of restraint
- Safeguards against ill-treatment
- Effective investigation – combatting impunity
- Interrelation with other rights
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