UHHRU: news http://www.helsinki.org.ua/ internet site of Ukrainian Association of public human rights organisations ”Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union en Patients’ rights in domestic courts http://www.helsinki.org.ua/en/index.php?id=1328188866 Ukrainians who have suffered from doctors’ mistakes are normally pessimistic about their chances of gaining redress in domestic courts, while going to international structures is time-consuming and daunting. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:21:06 +0300 Court ignores PACE, refuses to release Lutsenko http://www.helsinki.org.ua/en/index.php?id=1328017276 The Pechersky District Court in Kyiv under presiding judge Serhiy Vovk on Monday refused to release former Internal Affairs Minister Yury Lutsenko from custody despite the 26 January Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Resolution. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:41:16 +0300 Chornobyl clean-up workers protest against CCU judgement on social payments http://www.helsinki.org.ua/en/index.php?id=1328016990 Chornobyl clean-up workers protest against CCU judgement on social payments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:36:30 +0300 Accounting Chamber finds loss of independence for Ukrainian judges http://www.helsinki.org.ua/en/index.php?id=1327923998 The Accounting Chamber of Ukraine has carried out an audit of the system for planning judges and found that existing normative legal documents are equivocal, precluding a single interpretation. This results in discrepancies as far as judges’ pay is concerned, and therefore the constitutional guarantees for their independence are lost. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:46:38 +0300 Constitutional Carte Blanche for Corruption and Censorship http://www.helsinki.org.ua/en/index.php?id=1327657004 Ukraine’s Constitutional Court has passed a real gem of a judgement – one of inestimable value to corrupt officials precisely because the value of their family’s wealth may now not be disclosed. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:36:44 +0300 Ukrainian PEN-Club: On the Political Persecution of Writer Yury Vynnychuk http://www.helsinki.org.ua/en/index.php?id=1327656907 According to media reports*, on 23 January this year police officers arrived at the home of Lviv writer Yury Vynnychuk and demanded written explanation regarding a poem he read out a few months ago at the festival “Night of Erotic Poetry” in Kyiv. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:35:07 +0300 New UHHRU Head of the Board and Executive Director http://www.helsinki.org.ua/en/index.php?id=1327586579 On 25 January 2012 the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, one of the largest civic associations in Ukraine, made up of 30 human rights organizations, held a general meeting to elect new management. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:02:59 +0300