PRESS RELEASE: How will the newly created legal aid bureaus in the Chernihiv region work?

19 legal aid bureaus will start operating in Chernihiv region starting September 1. These institutions will actively disseminate legal information and provide access to legal consultations at the level of territorial communities. First of all, the bureaus will work for socially vulnerable groups. More information about all this can be found during a press conference on August 17 at the My City media center (at the address in Chernihiv: Myru Ave., 33, Ukraina Hotel, 4th floor). Start time is 11:00.

Competent answers to journalists’ questions will be provided by:

– Director of the Regional Center for Providing Free Secondary Legal Aid in Chernihiv Oblast

Iryna Protchenko

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– Director of the Chernihiv Local Center for Providing Free Secondary Legal Aid

Volodymyr Bobruyko

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– Program Manager of the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights

Nataliya Kulikova

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Questions for discussion:

– What functions will the legal aid bureau perform?

– In which locations and according to what schedule will they work?

– How was the staff of the bureau formed and who can become a client?

– Access to online services of the Ministry of Justice;

– What is the role of public organizations in the formation and activities of newly created bureaus?

– How do territorial communities provide their residents with access to effective legal protection?

We invite all interested representatives of the media, educational institutions and public organizations!

The project “Integration of primary and secondary free legal aid at the level of territorial communities of Chernihiv region” is implemented by the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights within the framework of the Project “Affordable and High-Quality Legal Aid in Ukraine”, which is implemented by the Canadian Bureau for International Education with the support of the Government of Canada and the Program Initiative “Human Rights and Justice” of the International Renaissance Foundation.