Events

In Ukraine, servicemen in the ATO zone, their families and displaced persons need legal assistance. Representatives of volunteer movements in the border regions – Kherson, Odesa and Chernihiv regions – told us about the issues they most often turn to lawyers at the reception desks of public organizations.

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Most of all, servicemen from the ATO zone are concerned about…

Every year on November 25th, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is celebrated. This day once again forces us to draw our attention to one of the most painful topics in today’s society, which is the cause of the collapse of thousands of Ukrainian families. Domestic violence is considered a manifestation of violence against women, since…

November 24, 2014 with the participation of guests from the entire Network of Human Rights Houses (HRH). The event brought together guests not only from all over Ukraine, but also representatives of other Human Rights Houses from Norway, Switzerland, Belarus, Poland, Croatia, Great Britain, Bosnia, Georgia, Armenia and Russia.

RDHL-Ch is part of this Network, which includes 18 Human Rights…

On November 25, 2014, a press conference was held to officially open the film screenings of the Eleventh Traveling Documentary Film Festival on Human Rights Docudays UA in Chernihiv Oblast. The surprise of this year’s Traveling Festival was the refusal of the State Enterprise “Chernihivkino” (Schors Cinema) to screen the film “Putin’s Games”, which is banned in Russia.

The refusal…

From November to the end of December 2014, the Court of Appeal of Chernihiv Oblast will conduct a survey of visitors regarding the quality of its functioning. Volunteers are involved in the implementation of the project, who will conduct monitoring using special anonymous questionnaires. The overall goal of the project is to improve citizens’ access to the courts and increase…

Despite the fact that according to the law, the rights and opportunities of Ukrainians do not depend on gender, there is a biased attitude towards women in the Ukrainian labor market. Discrimination when hiring is experienced by unmarried women, women with small children, and women over 40. Education, experience, and professional qualities are not taken into account.

However, residents of…

On November 18-19, 2014, a training on the dissemination of the National Mechanism for Interaction of Subjects in the Field of Counteracting Human Trafficking was held in Chernihiv for specialists from the family, youth and sports sectors/departments of the district state administrations of Chernihiv region.

The trainers of the event were the head of programs of the Chernihiv Public Committee…