{"id":13738,"date":"2024-10-14T15:07:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T13:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/?p=13738"},"modified":"2024-10-14T15:07:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T13:07:58","slug":"free-legal-aid-for-prisoners-and-convicts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/monitoring\/free-legal-aid-for-prisoners-and-convicts\/","title":{"rendered":"Free legal aid for prisoners and convicts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Draft bill #<\/b><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/itd.rada.gov.ua\/billInfo\/Bills\/Card\/44935\"><b>12073<\/b><\/a><b> of September 27, 2024<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Status: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">sent for review to the Law Enforcement Committee of the Verkhovna Rada<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cosponsors: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">30 MPs from the factions Holos and Servant of the People, groups Restoration of Ukraine and Trust with Volodymyr Vatras as the first signatory<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Who is affected: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">prisoners and convicts, providers of legal services, and the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Summary:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">if a disciplinary sanction is imposed on a prisoner or convict, the prison administration will be required to allow them to inform their relatives, lawyer, or other legal representatives who can help them defend themselves within 24 hours<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">if a person needs a free lawyer, the disciplinary commission will have to wait and not go on with the proceedings until it is confirmed that a lawyer has been provided<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">if the disciplinary proceedings are suspended, the time allotted for imposing punishment will also be suspended. This also means the time during which the case was suspended will not be counted towards the total sentence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is right:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> ensuring the right of prisoners and convicts to free legal assistance is not only a direct obligation of the state but also an important tool for upholding the rule of law, protecting human rights, and facilitating the rehabilitation of convicts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Draft bill #12073 of September 27, 2024\u00a0 Status: sent for review to the Law Enforcement Committee of the Verkhovna Rada\u00a0 Cosponsors: 30 MPs from the factions Holos and Servant of the People, groups Restoration of Ukraine and Trust with Volodymyr Vatras as the first signatory\u00a0 Who is affected: prisoners and convicts, providers of legal services, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":11917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[259],"tags":[],"level":[],"area":[],"coauthors":[1039],"class_list":["post-13738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monitoring"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13738"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13739,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13738\/revisions\/13739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13738"},{"taxonomy":"level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/level?post=13738"},{"taxonomy":"area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area?post=13738"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=13738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}