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25.05.2017

Actions of the prosecution service have been declared illegal in court


Our specialists have successfully represented our client – international organization in the field of policy studies – in respect of binding the prosecution service to initiate criminal proceedings and launch pre-trial investigation in relation to the investigators of The Prosecutor’s Office of The Autonomous Republic of Crimea, as well as to the Security Service of Ukraine agents guilty of breach of the organization’s rights, as well as its employees’ rights during investigatory actions.

The situation arose from invasion by the group of persons with the certificates of the law enforcement authorities’ officials into the organization’s office under the guise of search. Such persons began to use violence against the employees and chin. They also breached a range of rules of effective legislation governing powers of the law enforcement authorities’ officials. The client addressed to the prosecution service with an application on criminal offence against unlawful actions of the investigators of the prosecution service, as well as to the Security Service of Ukraine agents guilty of breach of the organization’s rights, as well as its employees’ rights during investigatory actions. Yet, the prosecution service denied, in violation of law, to initiate criminal proceedings and launch pre-trial investigation further to respective application.

Thus, our specialists launched judicial appeals against unlawful actions of the prosecution service. As a result of such appeals The Court ruled and declared the action of the prosecutor unlawful and bound the prosecution service to initiate criminal proceedings and launch pre-trial investigation in relation to the investigators of the prosecution service, as well as to the Security Service of Ukraine agents guilty of breach of the organization’s rights, as well as its employees’ rights.

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