The Committee on Legislative Support of Law Enforcement recommends that the Verkhovna Rada should adopt as basis the draft law on amendments to the Criminal Code of Ukraine re criminal protection of persons from unlawful coercion

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
24 April 2013, 14:12

 

The bill (Reg. No. 2639) suggests new version of article 40 “Physical or mental coercion” of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Author of the bill, people’s deputy V.Zhuravskyi, justified the bill with the need to improve legislation in the field of regulation of criminal legal consequences for the person who caused harm to legally protected interests as a result of coercion.

The Committee members noted that the adoption of the bill will promote effective protection of human rights and freedoms in the articles of the Criminal Code.