Eurosolidarity has submitted a bill that significantly restricts extrajudicial searches: only in cases of particularly serious crimes or corruption
Members of parliament from the European Solidarity faction have submitted a bill that would significantly restrict the rights of law enforcement agencies to conduct extrajudicial searches of businesses and private residences. As the co-chair of the faction, Artur Gerasimov, noted at a briefing, this bill is an important systemic element in ending pressure on business.
He called on his colleagues from other factions to sign the bill, submit it to the relevant committee for consideration as soon as possible, and put it to a vote in the session hall.
‘The bill is professional and based on international experience. I appeal to the representatives of the relevant committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to urgently consider this bill as soon as it is registered.
And to adopt it as a matter of priority at the next meeting,’ Gerasimov said.
In particular, the bill provides for a significant restriction of the circumstances that allow law enforcement officers to conduct urgent searches without a court order.
"Article 233 of the Code of Criminal Procedure establishes a specific list of situations in which only an investigator or prosecutor may enter the premises of citizens and company offices without a court order. This applies to urgent cases related to saving people's lives, preventing an immediate threat to their health, sexual freedom or personal safety, or the immediate prosecution of persons suspected of committing crimes under Articles 115-118, 121, 127, 146, 147, 149, 152, 153, 155, 156-1, 258, 258-1 and 259.


