CC declares unconstitutional restrictions on rights of those sentenced to life imprisonment to make short-term trips due to death of close relative
The Constitutional Court (CC) of Ukraine recognized the norms of the Criminal Executive Code, which make short-term trips outside the colony impossible for those sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with the death or serious illness of a close relative, to be inconsistent with the Constitution, and ordered the Verkhovna Rada to within three months to bring them into line with the Fundamental Law, the Constitutional Court said.
Source: interfax.com.ua
