On 14 December 2022, the Council of Europe and the Ministry of Justice co-organised a presentation of the report “Application of Pre-Trial Detention and House Arrest in Ukraine”. The Report is based on research into whether the legislation and practice in Ukraine concerning the application of pre-trial detention and house arrest comply with the relevant case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) related to the Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention). The research was conducted by the Council of Europe (CoE) to assist the domestic authorities with providing the information to the CoE Committee of Ministers (the CM) as to how the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine is implemented in practice in the context of the problems identified by the ECtHR.

The event was organised to present the key findings of the conducted research, facilitate discussions among key stakeholders in the area, and to exchange views on further steps to improve the compliance with the Article 5 of the Convention. It brought together the lead author of the research Mr Markiyan Bem, the national consultant of the CoE, key national actors, including the Government Agent before the ECtHR, judges, prosecutors, lawyers, representatives of NGOs as well as  Mr Jeremy McBride, international expert of the CoE and representatives of the CoE secretariat, including Frédéric Dolt, Head of Department of Implementation of Human Rights, Justice and Legal Co-operation Standards, and Clare Brown, from the Department for Execution of the Judgments of the ECtHR.

The full report can be accessed here.

The research and event were conducted within the framework of the Council of Europe Project “Human Rights Compliant Criminal Justice System in Ukraine”, which is part of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine 2018-2022.