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The mechanism of interaction between entities in the field of combating human trafficking in the Chernihiv region is in action

The project “Implementation of a mechanism for interaction between entities implementing measures to combat human trafficking in the Chernihiv region” continues, which is implemented by the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights. The project began in September 2014 and during this time many activities were carried out.

In November-December 2014, the project conducted two 2-day trainings for…

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Starting life over: The difficult divorce of a displaced woman from the Donetsk region

Not to tolerate deception from her husband, but to start life from scratch. This is what the displaced woman from Makiivka decided and turned to the Chernihiv Public Committee for Human Rights Protection for legal assistance.

Ms. Larisa is a displaced woman who moved with her daughter from the Donetsk region to Chernihiv. Due to the situation in Donbas, her…

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An Advisor on IDP Issues will appear in the Chernihiv region

CrimeaSOS and the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine introduced five advisors on internally displaced persons. Nadiya Edieva, a lawyer at the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights, became the Advisor on Internally Displaced Persons for the Chernihiv region within the framework of the project “Strengthening Civil Society Participation in the Work of the Ministry of Social…

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Another attack on the apartment of the Yereskiv family from Chernihiv

On August 20, 2015, another illegal attack took place on the apartment of the Yereski family in Chernihiv at 27 Rokossovsky Street. A group of unknown young men of “characteristic appearance” broke down the door of the apartment in the morning and installed new doors and locks. At that time, the owners, Tetyana and Borys Yereski, were in the apartment.…

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The guardhouse of the Desna training center does not provide adequate conditions of detention

During the monitoring visit of representatives of the Secretariat of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Commissioner for Human Rights to the 169th Training Center of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit B0946, Desna village, Kozeletsk district, Chernihiv region, 17024), which took place on August 18, 2015, an inspection was carried out of the conditions of…

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Violations of the rights of detainees were revealed in the bodies and institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Chernihiv region

The monitoring group, consisting of the regional coordinator for public relations of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights in Chernihiv region, Alla Lepekha, and representatives of the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights, Viktor Tarasov and Tukhan Ediev, checked the state of human rights observance in the Bakhmatsky and Kulykivskyi district departments of the Ministry of…

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Ombudsman representatives: patients of Levonkivka Psychiatric Hospital in Chernihiv Region live in terrible medieval conditions

This conclusion was reached by the monitors of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) after visiting the specified institution, studying the conditions of stay there and communicating with patients and staff.

At the time of the visit of the employees of the Department for the Implementation of the National Preventive Mechanism and public monitors, 133 patients with mental disorders were staying…

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