Human rights violations by TCR have become systemic and widespread – Lubinets says he is ready to propose solutions to problem to VR
The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, said that human rights violations by employees of territorial centers for recruitment and social support have become widespread.
He wrote about this in a telegram, Censor.NET reports.
Lubinets responded to a proposal from European Solidarity People`s Deputy Oleksii Honcharenko to summon him to parliament to discuss the violation of the rights of Ukrainian citizens during mobilisation activities. However, this proposal did not receive the required number of votes.
At the same time, the Ombudsman declared his readiness "to personally come and present a detailed analysis of this situation at any time and propose mechanisms for resolving this problem in the legal field".
"Based on the results of numerous appeals from citizens to the Ombudsman's Office, I can clearly state that human rights violations by employees of the TCR and SS have become systemic and widespread. It seems that illegal detentions and beatings by representatives of the TCR and SS have become a new viral trend that cannot be stopped without a tough response from the state," the Ombudsman said.
Lubinets named the most egregious cases:
- Physical violence and numerous cases of beatings of citizens. There are situations when groups of people are forcibly detained on the streets, in shopping centres, near the metro, using brute force.
- Running over people on the roads. There have been reports of TCR and SS employees deliberately causing road accidents to forcefully stop cyclists or motorcyclists.
Violation of the right to defence and legal guarantees:
The Ombudsman's office also records reports of violations of the law by employees of TCR and SS, such as:
- Deprivation of the right to legal defence. The TCR and SS employees do not allow lawyers to visit detainees, preventing them from exercising their legal rights.
- Concealment of information about detained citizens. Relatives and human rights defenders cannot receive information about the whereabouts of detainees, which is a direct violation of human rights.
- Denial of access to representatives of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights. Due to this, they are unable to monitor the observance of the rights of detainees, which hinders the effective protection of citizens.
- Forced signing of documents. There are numerous reports of people being forced to sign summonses or other documents without being informed of their content and legal consequences.
- Detention without proper grounds. There have been cases where mobilisation measures have been applied to people who have legal grounds for postponement or are not subject to mobilisation at all (students, people with disabilities, people caring for seriously ill relatives, etc.).
"The systematic nature and scale of these violations require urgent decisions at the state level to ensure respect for human rights during the mobilisation process," Lubinets added.
