The Council Committee recommended allowing the mobilisation of convicts, but with exceptions
9 April 2024 09:04
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Law Enforcement has recommended the adoption of a bill that proposes to allow the mobilisation of convicts. This was stated by a member of the committee, Maksym Buzhansky, Komersant ukrainskyi 
reports.
The bill in question is Draft Law 11079-1 “On Amendments to the Criminal, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Executive Codes of Ukraine and Other Laws of Ukraine on the Introduction of the Institute of Early Release of Persons from Serving Sentences for Direct Participation in the Defence of the Country, Protection of its Independence and Territorial Integrity”.
“The Law Enforcement Committee recommended that the Rada adopt draft law 11079-1 as a basis and allow the mobilisation of convicts, except for those who have committed crimes against the foundations of national security, murderers, rapists, paedophiles and fatal road accidents under the influence of alcohol or drugs,” Buzhansky said,
– buzhansky said.
According to him, the draft law also stipulates the procedure for the consent of convicts, the consent of unit commanders to take them, and the passage of a military medical examination.
It should be noted that on 13 March, the Verkhovna Rada registered draft law No. 11079 on the conditional early release of convicts from serving their sentences for military service. Despite the fact that the bill has not yet been heard, it has already sparked debate in society. Kommersant Ukrainsky published an article about who can be released and sent to the frontline and who is not eligible for parole, the pros and cons of such an initiative, and whether paedophiles and murderers can really be released.
We would like to add that this draft law, as well as the draft law on changing the rules of mobilisation, may be put to a vote in the Rada on 10 April.
