Human rights violations by employees of the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Centers (TRSSCs) have become systemic and widespread. Dmytro Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, spoke about egregious cases of actions by TRSSC military personnel, UNN reports.
Details
Based on numerous appeals from citizens to the Ombudsman's Office, I can clearly state: human rights violations by TRSSC employees have become systemic and widespread. It seems that illegal detentions and beatings by TRSSC representatives have become a new viral trend that cannot be stopped without a strong reaction from the state.
Dangerous trends and cases of abuse
According to Lubinets, his office records not just isolated violations, but outright acts of violence and abuse of power.
Among the most egregious cases:
- physical violence and numerous cases of beating citizens. There are situations where groups of people are forcibly detained on the streets, in shopping centers, near the subway, using brute physical force;
- hitting people on the roads. Reports are received about cases where TRSSC employees deliberately cause traffic accidents to forcibly stop cyclists or motorcyclists.
Violation of the right to defense and legal guarantees
His office also records reports of violations of legislation by TRSSC employees, such as:
- deprivation of the right to legal defense. TRSSC employees do not allow lawyers to detained persons, preventing them from exercising their legal rights;
- concealment of information about detained citizens. Relatives and human rights defenders cannot obtain information about the whereabouts of detainees, which is a direct violation of human rights;
- non-admission of representatives of the Commissioner for Human Rights. Due to non-admission, they cannot monitor the observance of the rights of detainees, which hinders the effective protection of citizens;
- forced signing of documents. There is numerous evidence that people are forced to sign summonses or other documents without explaining their content and legal consequences;
- detention without proper grounds. There are known cases when mobilization measures were applied to persons who have legal grounds for deferment or are not subject to mobilization at all (students, people with disabilities, citizens caring for seriously ill relatives, etc.).
The systemic and widespread nature of these violations requires urgent decisions at the state level to ensure the observance of human rights within the mobilization process.
Addition
Today, MP Oleksiy Honcharenko reported that it was planned to summon Dmytro Lubinets to hear information about human rights violations, particularly regarding the actions of the TRSSCs.
However, according to him, the Verkhovna Rada did not support the appeal.
Only 124 people voted "for". This is not enough to summon the Commissioner. Speaker Stefanchuk stated that Lubinets has already prepared a report and will provide it. But it would be more effective if the Commissioner was personally in the Rada.
At the same time, Lubinets added that he is ready to personally attend a Rada meeting at any time to present his detailed analysis of this situation and propose mechanisms for resolving this problem within the legal framework.
Recall
Earlier, Lubinets reported that this year the number of appeals regarding rights violations by TRSSC employees has increased, particularly in the Kharkiv region, and there are also cases involving cyclists.