Lawyers: ex-President of Ukraine Yanukovych appealed to the ECHR
The ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych has filed a lawsuit in the European court of human rights against the country Ukraine in connection with the " repeated failures of his rights ", said in a release the organization of British law Joseph Hage Aaronson LLP, announced on the first day of the week.
in Ukraine on 22 February 2014, there was a coup. The Supreme Rada removed from brazd reign of President Yanukovych, who was forced to leave Ukraine, fearing for his life. Rada changed the Constitution and appointed a fresh presidential elections, won Petro Poroshenko. Kiev Military started on Yanukovych and other former bureaucrats with criminal cases.
"the head of Yanukovych filed a lawsuit in the European court of human rights on the grounds that Ukraine had many times violated his human rights. According to his petition he asks the court to declare the violation of his rights under the European Convention on human rights, including the right to a fair hearing (article 6), right to an effective investigation of attacks on his life and the right to protection (article 2), as well as the right not to be discriminated against because of his political status and opinions (article 14), " - said in the report.
in Joseph Hage Aaronson LLP believe that "the Ukrainian courts are not independent or free from the influence of the highest officials of the country" and not have the ability to provide a fair consideration of the case of Yanukovych.
in the message the organization also notes that Yanukovych may return to Ukraine to participate in the trial of his case, due to the fact that the attempt on his life in February 2014 was not investigated and he continues to do danger.
in addition, According to the report, the Ukrainian authorities had violated the presumption of innocence regarding the former Ukrainian President that was a direct failures agreement on human rights.