Examination of the registry on reception and transfer of duty suggests that from 10 January 2014 to 28 January 2014 there were 20 persons apprehended on the suspicion of committing crimes, as well as 44 persons apprehended for administrative offences. However, there was no notification to the Center for Free Legal Aid on their apprehension. This fact is confirmed by the absence of records in the Registry of notifications of free legal aid centers. At the same time, the Registry of persons taken into custody, visitors and invited persons there were no records on persons apprehended or taken into custody during this period. Instead, apprehended persons were accounted for as “invitees” or those who arrived “upon request”, or not accounted for at all. A submission by the Commissioner, along with 8 letter to the Office of the Prosecutor in Kyiv, was sent to the MIA of Ukraine for the purposes of effective investigation of each violation and appropriate response. 1.5. Violations of children’s’ rights and freedoms Children also took part in confrontations at Maydan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv. In particular, on 24 January 2014, the Commissioner for Human Rights launched proceedings upon notification from Euromaidan SOS civic platform on delivery of minors with bodily injuries to the National specialized children’s hospital “OKHMATDYT”. The minors sustained these injuries during apprehension by military personnel of the military unit #3057 and officials of Berkut special unit. The proceedings included visiting and interviewing of the children. During interviews, the minors talked about apprehension and assault by law enforcement officials at the corner of Instytutska and Shovkovychna Streets in Kyiv. In addition, the minors were brought to Podil district police directorate only 5 hours following their apprehension, and hospitalized following additional 6 hours. According to the doctors, the children were admitted in moderately severe condition. All of them received necessary medical assistance. Medics also informed their parents on the children’s whereabouts. In the framework of proceedings by the Commissioner, the staff of the Secretariat of the Commissioner visited Podil district directorate of the Main MIA Directorate in Kyiv where the children were brought following apprehension. The staff discovered violations of children’s rights by the said district police department. In particular, the minors were held in a special vehicle with no medical care at subzero temperatures. The Center for Free Legal Aid was notified only 6 hours 15 minutes after the actual apprehension. The authorities launched criminal cases in relation to the children on criminal offences under part 3 of Article 296 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (hereinafter – the CC of Ukraine). On 29 January 2014, the Commissioner for Human Rights sent a request to the Office of the Prosecutor in Kyiv for the purposes of immediate elimination of reasons and conditions of violations of children’s rights. The response to the Commissioner’s request included information about dismissal of criminal proceedings in relation to the minors. 12