{"id":48280,"date":"2022-09-06T08:56:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T06:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dignity.dk\/nyheder\/dignity-og-tre-ukrainske-partnere-intensiverer-monitorering-af-faengsler\/"},"modified":"2022-11-30T11:42:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T10:42:29","slug":"dignity-and-partners-step-up-prison-monitoring-efforts-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/dignity-and-partners-step-up-prison-monitoring-efforts-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"DIGNITY and partners step up prison monitoring efforts in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Monitoring prison conditions has different forms on each side of the front line<\/h4>\n
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The ongoing war in Ukraine presents a new set of challenges when it comes to monitoring the human rights situation in prisons.<\/p>\n

DIGNITY is working with three partners in Ukraine. They all take part in the monitoring work, which takes very different forms on each side of the front line. DIGNITY legal adviser Vadym Chovgan explains:<\/p>\n

\u00bbIn those parts of the country that are occupied by the Russians, our focus is accountability \u2013 the possibility of eventually holding perpetrators of human rights and other violations of international law responsible, including before a court. In those parts of the country, we can\u2019t visit the prisons due to lack of access. Instead, we need to rely on alternative methods, such as collection of open-source intelligence and post-factum monitoring \u2013 interviews with prisoners once they get released and manage to get to the government-controlled territory\u00ab.<\/p>\n

Prisons in Eastern and Southern Ukraine \u2013 like the Berdianska prison have been taken over by Russian occupation forces, and prisoners are suddenly in a situation where they become the Russians\u2019 hostages.<\/p>\n

\u00bbWe receive reports that the Russian military has placed their artillery close to prisons and keep ammunition inside prisons. If this is indeed the case, it could endanger the lives of the prisoners and would be in contravention with international humanitarian law\u00ab, says Vadym Chovgan.<\/p>\n

Collection of evidence<\/h5>\n

Photographs, testimonies of victims, witness statements and other pieces of evidence are collected by DIGNITY and the three Ukrainian partners.<\/p>\n

\u00bbFor future accountability purposes it is important to have the evidence collected and stored safely. And it is necessary to have an understanding of the situation in prisons and other places of deprivation of liberty, which is where DIGNITY\u2019s and our partners\u2019 expertise lies. With the war raging and the devastating situation of ordinary citizens, there is a significant risk that the situation of prisoners and other persons deprived of their liberty, for instance in psychiatric hospitals, is disregarded. We want to prevent that. Some of the most vulnerable people, who cannot be evacuated, are in those places\u00ab, says Vadym Chovgan.<\/p>\n

The three Ukrainian partner organisations collect the information. DIGNITY\u2019s role is to offer knowledge on international human rights and criminal justice standards, to coordinate collection of information, and to help analyse the evidence and assist in drafting submissions to international organisations and courts such as the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Vadym Chovgan, however, makes it clear that the Ukrainian partners act autonomously under the common umbrella of cooperation:<\/p>\n

\u00bbIn DIGNITY, we work with<\/em> partners \u2013 not through<\/em> partners\u00ab.<\/p>\n

The war is no excuse for abuse<\/h5>\n

The monitoring work of DIGNITY\u2019s partners is not limited to what takes place on the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine:<\/p>\n

\u00bbA lot of problems have arisen in Ukrainian prisons after the Russian invasion in February \u2013 even in government-controlled areas\u00ab, says Vadym Chovgan.<\/p>\n

Some of the problems are directly linked to the war, such as shortage of food and other supplies.<\/p>\n

\u00bbUnfortunately, we have also seen examples of pre-existing human rights violations, such as physical ill-treatment of prisoners, worsening in government-controlled prisons since February. And it is important to make it clear to the prison managements that the war is in no way a justification for abuse\u00ab, Vadym Chovgan emphasises.<\/p>\n

He adds that the Ukrainian prison authorities are monitored by DIGNITY\u2019s partners according to the same standards that were used before the war.<\/p>\n

\u00bbBut of course, there are now war-related issues that will be solved on the administrative level without being made public, such as the insufficient air-raid shelter facilities. If made public, that information could be exploited by the Russians and endanger the prisoners even more\u00ab, says Vadym Chovgan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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