First Periodic Report

• Due: 25 June 1988
• Submitted: 17 January 1990

Second Periodic Report

• Due: 25 June 1992
• Submitted: 31 August 1992
• Summary record of the 125th meeting (French) (Spanish)
• Summary record of the 125th meeting, continued (French) (Spanish)
• Concluding observations of the Committee (Spanish)

• The Committee expressed appreciation to the Ukraine Government for submitting the report on time; however, it noted that it did not follow the general guidelines regarding the form and content. The report set forth general principles and no information on practical implementation or measures taken. The Committee found that under the circumstances and changes in Ukraine, it was impossible to determine how the Convention was implemented. The Committee noted it would like to know what measures are being taken to incorporate the provisions of the Convention that are not already part of national law and whether the Convention could be invoked before a court. The Committee requested that the next report include, in detail, planned and completed implementation measures and appropriate legislative texts.

Third Periodic Report (French) (Spanish)

• Due: 25 June 1996
• Submitted: 19 June 1996
• Summary record of the 283rd meeting (French) (Spanish)
• Summary record of the 284th meeting (French) (Spanish)
• Summary record of the 287th meeting (French) (Spanish)
• Concluding observations of the Committee (French) (Spanish)

• The Committee praised the Ukraine Government for the adoption article 28 of its Constitution, which prohibits torture; for joining the Council of Europe and signing the European Convention on Human Rights and 11 protocols to that Convention; the legislative incorporation of provisions ensuring respect by law enforcement personnel for human rights and freedoms and on the obligation to comply with them. The Committee recommended that the Ukraine Government draft and adopt directly enforceable regulatory instruments, with priority given to on the adoption of a new criminal code that defines torture as a punishable offence and a new code of criminal procedure that guarantees the right of an accused person to counsel at all stages of criminal proceedings. The Committee expressed concern over reports by NGOs of torture and violence committed by officials during preliminary investigations, the lack of a sufficiently effective system of independent bodies capable of investigating complaints and allegations of torture, and the scale on which the death penalty is applied.