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Ukraine

Capital city — Kyiv

  • Country population

    36,191,730
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    167
    i
    2016
    / ICPR
  • Type of government

    Semi-presidential
  • Human Development Index

    0.743
    i
    2016
    / UNDP
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of prisoners

    60,771
    i
    2016
    / ICPR
  • Prison density

    63 %
    i
    2016
    / ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    148
  • An NPM has been established

    Yes

    created in 2012

  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    4.6 %
    i
    2016
    / ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    0.7 %
    i
    2016
    / ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    26.8 %
    i
    2016
    / ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    Yes

    since 2000

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For more information

Key websites¶

  • World Prison Brief

  • Ombudsman office

  • State Penitentiary Service


Civil society¶

  • Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union

  • Human Rights Information Centre

  • Ukraine without torture on Twitter and Facebook

  • Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group

  • Centre for Civil Liberties

  • Penal Reform International, “Status of human rights implementation for vulnerable prisoners in Ukraine”, 2016.

  • Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, joint report, “You don’t exist”, 2016.


Organisations internationales¶

  • Council of Europe, European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT).

  • European Union Advisory Mission in Ukraine

  • United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner

  • United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine

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