Events

In 2000, the UN General Assembly declared 18 December International Migrants Day, in recognition of the large and growing number of migrants in the world. Today, around 191 million people live outside their countries of origin. And cases of exploitation and discrimination against migrants still occur around the world.

Today, irregular migration remains consistently high, as people from countries affected…

On December 10, 2013, the Chernihiv Regional Universal Library named after V.G. Korolenko hosted the closing of the 10th Traveling International Documentary Film Festival on Human Rights DOCUDAYS.UA in Chernihiv Oblast.

The events were of particular value in connection with the All-Ukrainian Law Week, as well as the celebration of the December 10 proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human…

Citizens of Belarus and Ukraine – passengers of the Gomel-Chernihiv regular bus, including women and the elderly, spent 28 hours in a cold bus, without food and access to the toilet, on the territory of the Ukrainian border checkpoint “Novi Yarylovichi” in the Chernihiv region. The reason is that a “package with a narcotic substance” was allegedly found under the…

The troubles of Belarusian activists who went to Kyiv to support Ukrainians on Euromaidan continue, Charter’97 reports. After the detention of a bus with activists by Belarusian police on December 6, the problems of Belarusians did not end with crossing the Belarusian-Ukrainian border. Now they have new difficulties – already on Ukrainian territory, at the checkpoint across the state border…

On November 29, 2013, a seminar was held in Chernihiv for representatives of the border and migration services of the Chernihiv region on the topic “Observance of the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. International and national standards”.

The main purpose of the event was to discuss the features of Ukrainian legislation on free legal aid in terms of their…

On November 29, 2013, a press conference was held at the Chernihiv Regional Library named after Korolenko, dedicated to the official opening of the film screenings of the Tenth Traveling Documentary Film Festival on Human Rights Docudays UA in the Chernihiv region.

The event was attended by: Igor Chaika – a famous Ukrainian director; Ruslana Burova and Olena Trubenok –…

Difficult life circumstances. Very often, behind this phrase are real dramas, problems that have not been resolved for years, and most importantly, the fate of people who are trying to protect themselves or defend their own rights guaranteed by the state.

And the state really guarantees us a lot, laws have been passed that protect the rights and freedoms of…