WWW.CCL.ORG.UA subsequent work, and they submitted to the SBI for greatly deteriorated under held additional trainings and - the pandemic conditions, provided instructive expla - cordance with applicable law. - nations to their employees. Last year’s challenge was lem for public monitoring. the monitoring of court hear - At the end of last year, we submitted complaints ings under quarantine restric - to the Odesa Oblast NPMD were organized in separate and the Mykolaiv City Ter - work in this area, and in par - working groups to further ticular to continue monitoring enhance the visibility and Bureau of Investigations the Maidan cases, we submit - capability of the initiative (SBI) concerning the case of - illegal use of physical force by district courts to allow public nication strategy, planning monitors to enter the court - community education and of roughly executed arrest rooms despite the quarantine leisure activities, and devel - and possible abuse of power or provide alternative op - oping new tools for public recorded during the monitor - portunities to monitor cases oversight of law enforce - ing of the Pride 2021 march (such as online streaming). ment and local authorities. Unfortunately, our monitors Experts from relevant Oblast NPMD has conducted have been allowed access only elds have already been an internal investigation, the recruited for these work - results of which, together state, therefore, that the level with our analysis, have been of openness of the courts has basis to advise volunteers.