 Line Department of Lviv city directorate of the Main MIA Directorate in Lviv region;  Line Department at Zhytomyr station17 of the MIA Directorate for Southwestern Railways;  Brovary city department18 Main MIA Directorate in Kyiv region;  Central district department of Mykolayiv city directorate of the MIA Directorate in Mykolayiv region;  Kirovohrad city department of the MIA Directorate in Kirovohrad region. At the same time, despite the prevalence of violations of the right to defense, in 2014, there was only one case recorded and no officials were prosecuted for violating the right to defense19. Criminal offences where proceedings were transferred to court with indictment Criminal offences where persons were presented with notice of suspicion Recorded criminal offences during the period Table 5. Excerpt from the Unified Crime Report (January –December 2013/2014). Crimes against justice and other crimes recorded by prosecution authorities during 9 months of 2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2013/2014 Violation of the right to 1 0 0 1 0 0 defense, Article 374 Appended persons are not informed on the grounds for apprehension or deprived of the right to notify a third party of their choice on their apprehension The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) attaches particular importance to three rights for persons deprived of their liberty by the police: the right of those concerned to inform a third party of their choice of their situation (family member, friend, consulate), the right of access to a lawyer, and the right of access to a doctor of their choice (in addition to any medical examination carried out by a doctor called by the police authorities). 17 http://www1.ombudsman.gov.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4071 http://www1.ombudsman.gov.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4089 19 Official website of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. Unified Crime Report (January-December 2013/2014, tab 4.17) http://www.gp.gov.ua/ua/stst2011.html 18 58