Events

On May 21-22, 2015, during a monitoring visit, employees of the Secretariat of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, together with public representatives Serhiy Burov and Tukhan Ediev, studied the state of human rights compliance in the activities of the Mensk Correctional Colony (No. 91).

A significant part of the visit was devoted to personal communication of monitors with…

Active teenagers from Chernihiv region learned how to avoid modern slavery by going to work and how to teach their peers about it as part of the “Young Activist School”. The training was held on May 22-24, 2015 at the Educational House of Human Rights in Chernihiv and was organized by the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human…

In the process of reforming property, particularly land, relations, the poor should have a chance to improve their lives. However, their access to legal services, justice, and legal information in general is very limited, which significantly narrows their opportunities. Therefore, there is an urgent need to make significant efforts to help thousands of peasants better understand and protect their property…

On May 18-19, 2015, employees of the Secretariat of the Commissioner for Human Rights Viktor Chuprov and Alla Lepekha, together with public representatives Viktor Tarasov and Tukhan Ediyev, conducted a monitoring visit to the Ripkynsky District Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Chernihiv region, the temporary detention center of the specified district department, as well as…

On May 14, 2015, a presentation of an analytical report prepared based on the results of monitoring the accessibility and quality of the functioning of the judiciary, which was conducted in November-December 2014 at the Court of Appeal of Chernihiv Oblast.

The presentation was attended by the leadership and judges of the Court of Appeal of Chernihiv Oblast, representatives of…

Whenever we hear the word “Skype,” we imagine a pleasant conversation with a friend or distant relative. It is not yet widely known that in Chernihiv region this program is used to provide legal advice. For more than a year, an all-Ukrainian project has been successfully operating to provide free legal assistance to residents of remote areas of Chernihiv region…

A seminar “Current Issues of Compliance with Land Legislation” was held in Chernihiv for the heads of territorial communities of the Chernihiv region. The main topic of the event was a discussion of the problems of unregulated land and property relations in the localities, as well as the problem of providing land plots to ATO participants.

Therefore, it was emphasized…