Free legal assistance to internally displaced persons in Chernihiv and Sumy regions

Lawyers of the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights continue to provide free legal support to internally displaced persons in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions.

As part of the project, internally displaced persons from occupied territories and combat zones are informed through the media about their legal rights, legal remedies, and the availability of legal services.

Qualified lawyers provide comprehensive free legal and consulting support, in particular through:

– legal consultations

– assistance in preparing documents

Main issues on which legal assistance is provided

• social rights and guarantees of internally displaced persons;

• recognition of facts of death, birth, registration;

• renewal of lost documents;

• issues of dismissal from enterprises in the ATO zone;

• inheritance issues of internally displaced persons;

• registration of internally displaced persons;

• rights and obligations of internally displaced persons;

• procedure for providing targeted assistance to displaced persons.

Contacts of reception offices:

Chernihiv city

57 Honcha Street, 14000

Hotline number: (0462) 612-532; 063-959-35-34

Sumy city

2 Belinsky St., Office 3, 40000

Hotline: 095-939-11-11

The project “Protecting the rights, reducing risks and strengthening the humanitarian response of IDPs and conflict-affected people in Ukraine” is implemented by the Danish Refugee Council / Danish Mine Action Group in partnership with the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights with financial support from the Office of Emergency Assistance (OFDA) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).