Council of Europe Committee of Ministers urges Ukrainian government to compensate Tymoshenko for violated rights

This follows from the decision approved on December 5 by the CoE
Committee of Ministers on the fulfillment by Ukraine of a ruling of the
European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) on the Tymoshenko case.

“Concerning individual measures, [the Committee of Ministers] expressed their concern that no substantial examination of the possible
impact of the violations of Article 5 and of Article 18 taken together
with Article 5 on the criminal proceedings at issue has been carried out
and that no other redress has been provided. [The Committee of
Ministers] consequently, urged the Ukrainian authorities to move forward
in their reflection on this issue by thoroughly considering all
available options with a view to rapidly ensuring that redress is
provided to the applicant in an appropriate form,” reads the committee’s
decision.

“Concerning general measures, [the Committee of Ministers] took note
of the information provided by the Ukrainian authorities shortly before
the meeting on November 27, 2013 with a view to preventing the
circumvention of legislation by prosecutors and judges and thus
preventing violations of Article 18 taken together with Article 5, in
particular as regards the efforts to improve the functioning of the
criminal justice system, including the reform of the prosecution service
and the constitutional reform to strengthen the independence of the
judiciary,” reads the document.

The Committee of Ministers also “invited the Ukrainian authorities to
continue to provide information on the progress of these reforms and on
their impact” and “reiterated their encouragement to the Ukrainian
authorities to continue to take full benefit of the co-operation
programs offered by the Council of Europe with a view to realizing the
necessary reforms, in particular with regard to the functioning of the
criminal justice system.”