Events

Over the past year and a half, 14 law enforcement officers have been convicted in the Chernihiv region

During 2013-2014, some Chernihiv “law enforcement officers” took bribes, engaged in fraud, theft, inflicted bodily harm, sold drugs, hooliganism and even raped. Such data was obtained by the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights.

On June 26, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Ukrainian public activists are appealing to the newly elected President of…

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Information technology facilitates access to legal aid for vulnerable groups

For six months now, residents of Chernihiv region have been able to use the information and distance legal aid service. With its help, residents of remote settlements of the region receive free legal services using computers connected to the Internet in local libraries.

The participants of the round table, which took place on June 26, 2014 in the Chernihiv Regional…

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PRESS RELEASE: Six months of online legal aid in Chernihiv region

On Thursday, June 26, 2014, at 11:00 a.m., a presentation of the six-month experience of the Remote Advisory Point for the provision of free legal aid in the Chernihiv region will be held in the premises of the V.G. Korolenko Chernihiv Regional Universal Scientific Library (41 Myru Avenue).

The event will present the results of the work of the Remote…

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Run, refugee, run!

June 20 is International Refugee Day. While Ukraine has an acute problem with internally displaced persons, the state has still not managed to establish proper work with refugees from other countries.

In these difficult times of instability and radical changes in our state, some issues and problems remain unchanged. First of all, this concerns the responsibilities that Ukraine has assumed…

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Training of judges and migration service employees on the protection of the rights of migrants and asylum seekers

On June 16, 2014, a training was held in Uzhgorod for migration service employees and judges who consider cases regarding refugee status and persons in need of additional protection, as well as disputes related to the stay or forced expulsion of foreigners and stateless persons in Ukraine.

The event was organized by the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of…

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How can protest participants be compensated for property and moral damage caused by law enforcement officers?

A series of legal consultations continues within the framework of the implementation of the project “Protection of Civil and Civic Rights in Ukraine”, which is aimed at promoting transparent and fair elections of the President of Ukraine, as well as overcoming the negative legal consequences of the current socio-political situation.

Compensation to participants of protest actions for property and moral…

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Street campaigns to activate and educate voters in Chernihiv

In Chernihiv region, representatives of the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights continue to distribute legal educational materials on ways to check data in voter lists, on the possibility of voting outside the place of registration, on the features of the voting procedure on election day.

Thus, public activists remind Chernihiv residents of the need to be…

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