relevant amendments into the current legal regulations with the purpose of harmonizing conditions of transportation by special means of transport with international standards and with the view of analysis of transportation dynamics, ECHR case law and the CPT recommendations. Illegal apprehension without a ruling by investigating judge, or court following a long period after commission of a crime Results of monitoring MIA activities show that, despite requirements of the criminal procedure legislation, law enforcement officials apprehend persons suspected of crimes without proper court ruling. In addition, a large number of apprehensions takes place after a long period (in certain cases several days or even months) after the commission of an alleged crime, which constitutes gross violation of Article 208 of the CPC of Ukraine. The said article provides an exhaustive list of cases when a competent official can apprehend a person without a ruling by investigating judge or court. According to article 208§1 of the CPC of Ukraine, a competent official has the right to apprehend without investigating judge’s, court’s ruling only in two cases: - If the person was caught while committing a criminal offence or making an attempt to commit it; - If immediately after the commission of crime, an eyewitness, including the victim or totality of obvious signs on the body, cloth or the scene indicates that this individual has just committed the crime. If a person was not committed during commission of crime or immediately after, the only legal ground for apprehension a persons suspected of committing a crime is a ruling by investigating judge or court for the purposes of assigning a restraint measure. Therefore, actions of a competent official apprehending a person without a ruling by investigating judge or court following long period after commission of crime can be qualified as a crime against justice. In addition, the said actions can be viewed as knowingly unlawful apprehension, taking into custody, arrest or detention constituting a crime under Article 371 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and providing for criminal liability. However, the inspection of the grounds for apprehension of persons in places of detention revealed multiple instances of unlawful apprehensions, including those of minors, without investigating judge’s, court’s ruling following long period (from several hours to several months) after commission of crime. For instance, on 10 July 2014, monitoring of observance of the rights of minors apprehended by the bodies of internal affairs of Kyiv and Kyiv region took place. At the time of inspection, juveniles were already in Kyiv remand prison. According to the report on apprehension of H. (born 1997), he was apprehended on 09 April 2014 at 22:00 at Brovary city department of the Main MIA Directorate in Kyiv region. A ruling of the investigating judge of Brovary city court of Kyiv region M. dated 12 April 2014 on assignment of a restraint measure states that the alleged crime occurred on 4 April 49