Présentation du rapport du Comité consultatif international sur l’Ukraine par son président Nicolas Bratza au Conseil de l’Europe
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The Chair of the International Advisory Panel (IAP) on #Ukraine, Sir Nicolas Bratza, in his today’s address to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe presented the key findings of the Panel’s report on its review of the investigations into the Maidan violence.
Sir Nicolas explained that the Panel’s report highlighted the issue of impunity and lack of accountability of law enforcement officers: problems that had already been identified in relation to Ukraine in the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. The Panel had found a lack of independence and effectiveness in the investigation and in particular a failure by the Ministry of Interior and the State Security Service of Ukraine to co-operate with the Prosecutor General’s Office.
The Report, published on the 31st of March 2015, provoked a strong reaction from the Ministry of Interior. Sir Nicolas underlined that the Panel had made numerous enquiries and visits to the Ministry, to which “it received no satisfactory answers to dispel the clear impression of a lack of effective co-operation”. The IAP Chair also said that the developments at the end of 2014 suggested better co-operation and were encouraging, but “these developments occurred ten months after the main Maidan events, during which time very limited progress has been made in the investigations”.
In conclusion, he commended the “genuine efforts, especially on the part of the representatives of the prosecuting authorities, to address more closely the international requirements which should govern the investigations”. Among the encouraging changes Bratza cited the creation of the Special Investigation Division in the Prosecutor General’s Office and the more active position adopted by the current Verkhovna Rada to improve the quality of the Maidan investigations.
“The Panel’s focus is now on the violent events in Odesa in May of last year,” the IAP Chair said. He expressed his hope that despite the strong public criticisms made by the Minister of Interior of the Panel’s work on Maidan, the Panel will receive from the authorities the full cooperation in its work that was promised by the Government of Ukraine.
The International Advisory Panel was constituted by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to assess whether the investigations carried out by the national authorities into the violent incidents which took place during the Maidan demonstrations from 30 November 2013 to 21 February 2014 met the requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights and the case-law of the European Court. Following the publication of the Maidan-related report, the Panel has begun its review of the authorities’ investigations into the violent incidents in Odesa of 2 May 2014. That work continues and the Panel’s findings will be presented in early autumn 2015.
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Le Comité consultatif international (« le Comité » ou « le CCI »), créé à l’initiative du Secrétaire Général du Conseil de l’Europe, est chargé de veiller à ce que les enquêtes sur les incidents violents qui ont eu lieu à partir du 30 novembre 2013 en Ukraine satisfassent à toutes les exigences de la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme et de la jurisprudence de la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme.
Et donc, après avoir constaté que les autorités ukrainiennes et, notamment, le Ministère de l’intérieur ne fournit pas de réponses satisfaisantes pour dissiper l’impression très nette d’une absence évidente de coopération à propos de l’enquête sur les événements de Maïdan, le CCI va maintenant se pencher sur ceux d’Odessa.
Parfois, on est bien content qu’il y ait des instruments collectifs en Europe. On notera qu’il s’agit du CdE et non pas de l’UE.
