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Main focus
Criminal justice legislation
and practice of implementation
- CoE recommendations are taken into consideration to criminal procedure and related legislation
- Capacities of criminal justice actors are consolidated in line with CoE standards and best European practice
Public prosecution service reform
(PPS)
PPS independence is promoted
- Institutional external
- Procedural individual
Efficiency and professionalism is facilitated:
- Public prosecution service
- Disciplinary & self-governance bodies
- Training institution
Awareness on the PPS reforms developments is enhanced
Relation to the judgments
of the European Court of Human Rights
- Chanyev/Ignatov: lawfulness of pre-trial detention;
- Merit: length of criminal proceedings;
- Khaylo: effectiveness of criminal investigations;
- Balitskiy, Yeremenko: fairness of proceedings: right not to incriminate oneself; use of confessions obtained under duress at trial;
- Lutsenko / Tymoshenko vs. Ukraine: protection against abuse of power.
Contacts
Natia Japaridze
Project Manager
Bozhena Malanchuk
Project Coordinator
Tel: +33 (0) 3 90 21 60 2
Tetyana Sokolan
Senior Project Officer / Local Legal Adviser
Tel: +38 044 425 0262 (ext. 167)
Taras Leshkovych
Senior Project Officer / Local Legal Adviser
Tel: +38 044 425 0262
Oleh Ustymenko
Project Assistant
Tel: +38 044 425 0262
E-mail: HRCCJ.UA(at)coe.int