Supporting Institutions to Combat Ill-Treatment in Ukraine

The online course “Application of aerial video shooting for crime scene inspection when investigating war crimes” is developed for SBI
The online course “Application of aerial video shooting for crime scene inspection when investigating war crimes” is now available for all investigators and operative staff of the State Bureau of Investigation at their internal in-service training portal. The course comprises 6 modules and...
Council of Europe and CEPOL trains Ukrainian SBI investigators and operatives on open-source intelligence
Open-source intelligence (OSINT) enables law enforcement to collect information from a wide range of sources, building a detailed picture of criminals and improving the response to security threats. It can have particular importance during warfare, as it can contribute to war crime...
Detecting, documenting and investigating torture and other gross human rights violations at the time of war: online workshop for SBI investigators and OPG prosecutors
The two-day online workshop for investigators of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and prosecutors of the Office of Prosecutor General (OPG) on specifics of identifying, documenting and investigating gross human rights violations, particularly torture, during armed conflict, wrapped-up...
Operating UAV to collect evidence of war crimes – practical course for SBI
In August – September 2022, 20 investigators and operatives of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) underwent practical course on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operation for evidence collection when investigating gross human rights violations at the time of war in Ukraine. “The peculiarity...
Overview of the ECHR case-law related to armed conflicts for SBI investigators and operative staff
100 investigators and operative staff of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) have joined today's online seminar. Together with the Council of Europe experts they had the opportunity to discuss the standards of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the case-law of the European...

Project Description
Project title: “Supporting Institutions to Combat Ill-Treatment in Ukraine”
The main aim of the project “Supporting Institutions to Combat Ill-Treatment in Ukraine” (hereinafter - the Project) is to support the State Bureau of Investigation (hereinafter - SBI) to effectively apply European standards and practices in combating human rights violations
The project focus is two-fold:
1. Providing support in strengthening institutional and operational capacities of the SBI in fight against ill-treatment and impunity
2. Enhancing human rights competencies of SBI staff in the field of human rights protection
Project Duration:
PHASE I: 21 months (1 April 2020 – 31 December 2021)
PHASE II: 24 months (1 January 2022 - 31December 2023)
Country: Ukraine
Budget:
PHASE I: 700,000 €
PHASE II: 700,000 €
Expected Results
The following results are expected under the Project:
PHASE I:
1. The SBI staff is better handling ill-treatment and impunity cases in line with European standards
2. The SBI has a strengthened internal system to effectively combat ill-treatment
3. The SBI staff selection and training procedures are better aligned with European standards
PHASE II:
1. The system of initial and in-service training of the SBI staff is aligned with European standards
2. The SBI staff have an enhanced capacity in human rights protection:
- effective investigation of ill-treatment
- investigation of other human rights violations
- prohibition of discrimination
3. Interagency cooperation and coordination in the field of effective investigation of ill-treatment cases has been strengthened.
Project Partners
The main beneficiary of the Project is the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI)
Other stakeholders are judiciary and law enforcement agencies, national professional training institutions, Office of the Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Office of the Prosecutor General, Parliamentary Committee on Law-Enforcement
Planned Activity
A number of activities will be implemented to provide:
- expert analysis and recommendations (researches, needs assessment)
- institutional support (working groups, on-line consultations with CoE experts, round tables)
- capacity building (trainings, workshops, trainings of trainers)
Project Documentation


Project Coordinator in Strasbourg:
Milica Djunic
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Senior Project Officer
Olena Lunhol
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Project Assistant
Roman Oleksiienko
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