Training course “Effective public prosecution in criminal proceedings concerning tortures”

On June 18, 2021, the training course “Effective Public Prosecution in Criminal Proceedings concerning tortures” was completed at the Prosecutor’s Training Center of Ukraine.

The course lasted three days (16-18 June). Prosecutors improved their skills in performing professional duties to assess the sufficiency of evidence to prove charges in court in cases of torture or other ill-treatment, practiced in court with introductory and indictment speeches, direct and cross-examinations, and formed the ability to communicate constructively with victims and the public.

The following trainings were conducted within the course:

“Evidence in criminal proceedings concerning torture”,

“Supporting public prosecution in criminal proceedings concerning torture “,

“Communication with victims and the public.”

Trainers of the course:

Serhii Atamanchuk – Prosecutor of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine;

Stanislav Petrenko – Prosecutor of the Podolsk District Prosecutor’s Office of Kyiv;

Yevhenii Varfolomeiev – Head of the Forensic Medicine Department of the State Security Service “Main Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine”;

Serhii Shum – forensic psychiatric expert of the State Institution “Research Institute of Psychiatry of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine”, Candidate of Medical Sciences.

Taras Semkiv – Prosecutor of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine;

Diana Danko – Prosecutor of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine;

Yanis Simonov – Prosecutor of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine;

Yurii Bilousov – Head of the Department for Combating Human Rights Violations in the Law Enforcement and Penitentiary Areas of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, Candidate of Sociological Sciences;

Zlata Symonenko – lawyer of Bar Association “Sayenko Kharenko”;

Nadiia Maksymets – chief information policy specialist of the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office.

Moderator:

Arevik Abramiants – expert of the analytical department of the Prosecutor’s Training Center of Ukraine.

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