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take steps to protect civilian property used by the military.To the
Prosecutor General’s Office, State Bureau of Investigation, military prosecutor’s
office, law enforcement agencies and courts:
ensure effective and transparent investigation into allegations of looting
committed by the military or law enforcement personnel;
ensure prompt, impartial and effective investigation of all cases of
killings, extrajudicial executions, arbitrary detention, torture, ill-treatment and
enforced disappearance, including those allegedly committed by State actors or
individuals acting with State authorisation, support or acquiescence, in line with
international standards, including the Istanbul Protocol;
ensure that the transfer of criminal cases related to the Maidan protests
to the State Bureau of Investigation does not result in any delays in investigations;
ensure effective investigation and prosecution of attacks on judges or
other attempts to interfere with their independence and professional activities;
ensure that violent attacks against groups at risk (such as journalists,
civic activists, representatives of LGBTI community, etc.) are appropriately classified
and effectively and promptly investigated, and that perpetrators are held accountable
regardless of their affiliation;
ensure security for public assemblies, including smaller assemblies and
events organised by representatives of groups that are marginalised or discriminated
against, such as the LGBTI community; and prevent and stop acts of violence while
facilitating the exercise of freedom of peaceful assembly without discrimination;
respect criminal procedure laws regarding the release on bail of
individuals suspected or accused of non-violent conflict-related crimes;
ensure the right to trial without undue delay in conflict-related criminal
cases through, inter alia, enforcing compliance of all parties with their procedural
duties.
To the Military-Civilian administrations of Donetsk and Luhansk regions:
ensure adequate alternative housing to civilians who cannot enjoy their
housing rights due to hostilities or military use.
112. To the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ and self-proclaimed ‘Luhansk
people’s republic’:
ensure unimpeded and confidential access by OHCHR and other
international monitors to all places of deprivation of liberty in territory they control,
and allow confidential interviews with detainees in accordance with international
standards;
refrain from the practices of ‘preventive arrest’ and ‘administrative
arrest’, and provide information on the whereabouts of all detainees to their families
and lawyers;
treat all persons in detention humanely in all circumstances and ensure
conditions of detention are in accordance with international standards;
continue voluntary transfers of pre-conflict prisoners to Governmentcontrolled territory
Respect the rights to freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly,
association, and religion or belief.
113. To all parties involved in the hostilities in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, including
the Ukrainian Armed Forces and armed groups of self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk people’s
republic’ and self-proclaimed ‘Luhansk people’s republic’:
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