ANNUAL REPORTOF UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CHAPTER 6 128 After receiving these appeals, the Commissioner referred information about the failure of law enforcement officers to enter information into the URPTI to the State Bureau of Investigations, as these actions constitute criminal offences. The Commissioner also sent letters concerning the failure to enter information into the URPTI to the prosecutor’s office, which as a result reconsidered the legality of decisions made following the statements and reports of the relevant criminal offences in 15 cases. Example The Commissioner received a letter from the Head of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Matilda Bogner, on behalf of married couple F. The police had refused to enter the information that they had provided regarding the discovery of an explosive device near their house into the URPTI The Commissioner sent a letter to the Prosecutor’s Office in Donetsk Oblast, which also found no grounds for entering this information into the URPTI. To verify the legality of the decisions made by the Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office and the police, the Commissioner sent a letter to the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine. In turn, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine instructed Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office to conduct an appropriate inspection. On 25 October 2019, Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office entered information into the URPTI under part one of Article 129 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on the threat of homicide, and F. and his wife were recognized as victims. Example Following an appeal from T., in which he reported the use of physical force by police officers against him, the Commissioner sent a letter to the Prosecutor’s Office in Mykolaiv Oblast. As a result and following verification of the facts, on 11 November 2019 the Mykolaiv Oblast Prosecutor’s Office entered information on this case into the URPTI on the use of physical violence by the police under part two of Article 365 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. In total, the SBI entered information into the URPTI and launched pre-trial investigations into 10 allegations and reports of criminal offences. In 2019 the Commissioner sent 738 requests to public authorities on rights violations identified as a result of letters and appeals to her, including 111 to the National Police of Ukraine, 406 to prosecutors’ offices, 73 to the SBI, and 148 to the judiciary. The Commissioner also monitored compliance with procedural rights in 101 court hearings.