Legal support for internally displaced persons in Chernihiv, Sumy and Poltava regions

Lawyers of the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights provide a full range of legal support free of charge to internally displaced persons of Chernihiv, Sumy and Poltava 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.

The program is implemented with the support of the Danish Refugee Council and the European Commission’s Department for Humanitarian Aid and Civilian Protection.

Qualified lawyers provide comprehensive free legal and consulting support, legal aid, including in national and international courts, in particular through:

– legal advice

– assistance in preparing documents

– representation of interests in court.

The main issues on which legal aid is provided:

• 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;

• social rights and guarantees of ATO participants

Reception contacts:

Chernihiv city

Gorkogo street 57, 14000,

Hotline phone:

(0462) 612-532





(0462) 612-532

Sumy city

Belinsky St., 2, office 4,

Hotline phone:

095-939-11-11





095-939-11-11

Poltava City

st. Matrosova, 4, office 3

Hotline numbers:

050-274-52-83





050-274-52-83;

099-658-56-10





099-658-56-10

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