Pshonka promises to deal with torture in the GPU

Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka notes the relevance of the problem of ill-treatment of detained and arrested in the internal affairs bodies. He stated this at the board meeting of the General Prosecutor's Office on the state law when investigating cases of torture, the press service of the GPU. According to the Attorney General, the issue of human rights in criminal proceedings for Ukraine remains acute, especially at the stage of inquiry and pretrial investigation. In particular, only the last 2 years were more than 13 thousand complaints and reports of torture and other mistreatment of persons in the internal affairs bodies. Of particular concern is the increased number of beating detainees and prisoners, which led to their deaths. In order to eliminate violations of citizens' constitutional rights attorneys have taken a number of measures. Over the past 5 years discontinued more than 350 special police agencies, where conditions do not comply with the law. Also last year, prosecutors had canceled more than 200 illegal regulations on refusal to initiate criminal cases of torture and other ill-treatment of human beings. Unfortunately it is not used enough measures to disclosure of this category of crime. As a result, the court addressed only half the criminal cases on the use of force by the inquiry and pretrial investigation. B. Pshonka noted that the bodies of internal affairs with their operational investigative units, internal security, inspections of personnel, expert institutions should not stand aside the problems raised. He also stated that at present their efforts to identify and prevent these phenomena still inefficient. "The Attorney General requires prosecutors to principles in dealing with these issues, effective use of all powers granted by law to achieve the main goal - eradication of instances of physical abuse by police officers. Each case must be brought to trial and deserved punishment," - said in the GPU. Earlier in the Presidential Administration reported that torture in the investigation of criminal cases would be excluded, since the note of the court will only accept the explanations given directly in court. Ministry of Industry