Adopted the Law of Ukraine “On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine to Ensure Access of a Defense Consul to a Person Entitled to Legal Defense”
Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
19 February 2021, 16:30
The Law of Ukraine No. 2063 “On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine to Ensure Access of a Defense Consul to a Person Entitled to Legal Defense” amends the Criminal-Executive Code, the Criminal Procedure Code and the Law of Ukraine “On Pre-trial Detention.”
The Law obliges the administration of a penitentiary institution to inform in writing, within 24 hours, the lawyer of a convict of each change in the terms of the convict’s imprisonment.
The Law of Ukraine No. 2063:
- provides that a person in custody is entitled to meetings with his/her defense counsel that must not be limited in time or number, on any days from 7 to 20 hours;
- provides for the responsibility of the head of the penitentiary institution’s administration for the placement of the convicts who have been brought to the institution, for ensuring that they exercise their right to receive visitors;
- specifies that the number of close relatives who have the right to visit a convict is unlimited;
- establishes that convicts staying at in-patient hospitals have the right to legal assistance, confidential legal advice.
According to the Law, notification of the refusal to grant permission for a visit must be justified and can be appealed in court, notification of the refusal to grant permission for the visit must be sent to the close relatives that requested the visit and be served on the convict immediately after its issuance.