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Law enforcement agencies cover up brutal murder in military unit in Chernihiv region – human rights activists’ statement

In military units of Dnipropetrovsk and Chernihiv regions, brutal murders of servicemen occurred. This is stated by the Ukrainian Helsinki Union for Human Rights. However, law enforcement agencies refuse to conduct proper investigations in order to punish the perpetrators. Is the state ignoring crimes against humanity and peace becoming the norm today?

Relatives of the deceased soldiers have turned to…

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In Chernihiv, human rights activists and lawyers unite to ensure the legal needs of ATO participants

“Consolidation of efforts of providers of legal aid to ATO participants and their family members” – this was the slogan of the round table “Legal aid to ATO participants in Chernihiv region: problems and prospects for their solution”, which was held on July 14, 2015 in Chernihiv at the initiative of the Ukrainian Legal Aid Foundation and the Chernihiv Public…

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New challenges in protecting the rights of internally displaced persons

Thousands of internally displaced persons throughout Ukraine have already received free legal assistance in the network of legal clinics of the All-Ukrainian Coalition for Legal Aid, including in Chernihiv region.

The project is implemented with the support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in cooperation with in 10 regions of Ukraine.

As part of the project, internally displaced persons…

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Reception rooms of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union in Chernihiv

The reception offices of the UHHRU and its members operate in 17 regions of the country. In the reception offices, you can receive free legal advice on issues of violation of your rights, as well as on legal ways to protect violated rights.

The UHHRU reception offices can provide the following types of legal assistance:

– information and consulting assistance;…

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Protection of land rights of peasants and ATO participants: the project is completed, activities continue

On June 30, 2015, the project “Enhancing the capacity of ATO participants to exercise their rights to land plots and protecting the rights of peasant landowners and property shares in Khmelnytskyi, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions” was completed, which lasted 6 months (from December 2014 to June 2015).

This project was implemented by the Podil Legal League in direct partnership with…

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Land surveyors of Chernihiv region are learning to combat corruption in land relations

On June 16, 2015, a seminar “Current Issues of Compliance with Anti-Corruption Legislation in the Field of Land Relations” was held in Chernihiv for land managers of village and settlement councils of Chernihiv region.

The main topic of the discussion was the discussion of the problems of unregulated land and property relations in the field, which may push unscrupulous officials…

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Strategic matter. Chernihiv servicemen received the status of participants in hostilities

In early June, servicemen from the 13th separate motorized infantry battalion (hereinafter referred to as the OMPB) solemnly received certificates of combatants and breastplates. But for this event to happen, they and their families fought for 9 months for the right to receive the status. All this time, they were advised by lawyers from the Chernihiv Public Committee for the…

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