Unlike most politically motivated trials, Tymoshenko’s case benefits from the oversight of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which recently ruled that her pre-trial detention violated the European Convention on Human Rights. But Yanukovych continues to feign respect for the rule of law, insisting that he cannot consider granting her a presidential pardon until the legal proceedings have been concluded.
与大部分出于政治动机的审判不同，季莫申科的案子因欧洲人权法庭（ECHR）的监督而受益，ECHR最近作出裁决，季莫申科审判前羁押违反了欧洲人权公约（European Convention on Human Rights）。但亚努科维奇继续装作尊重法治，称自己不能考虑给予季莫申科总统特赦，除非法律程序全部完成。