In Lviv Oblast, the director of a children’s institution accused of violence was suspended – OVA

The head of the regional military administration, Maksym Kozytskyi, said that during the inspection, the head of the educational rehabilitation institution in the Lviv region, who was accused of violence by the students, was suspended from work.

“Regarding the statement of the human rights commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Dmytro Lubinets, that the law enforcement officers opened criminal proceedings based on the statements of female students of an educational and rehabilitation institution in the Lviv region due to possible violence committed against them by the director. Law enforcement officers and experts from the specialized department of the Lviv Regional State Administration went to the scene. The Lviv OVA fully supports the investigation,” the head of the OVA wrote.

According to Kozytskyi, he keeps the situation under “personal control”.

Earlier, the law enforcement officers opened criminal proceedings based on the statements of the students of the educational and rehabilitation institution in the Lviv region about the violence, which was “probably committed by the director.”

According to the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets, he received information about possible physical, psychological and sexual violence against children by the director of an educational and rehabilitation institution in the Lviv region.

The organization “SOS Children’s Villages”, which participated in the monitoring visit to the institution, emphasized that “this blatant situation once again emphasizes that children are systematically abused in boarding schools.”

“And this applies to all institutional institutions, regardless of their form – educational and rehabilitation centers, specialized boarding schools, etc. Children in institutions created as a “protection system” are not protected. They are subjected to cruel treatment, violent methods of education and restriction of rights. And the most vulnerable are children with disabilities and mental and behavioral disorders, who need special attention, acceptance and individual support,” the organization said.

It is not specified which institution it is about. There are no comments from the institution yet.