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“The number of protests in Ukraine is growing every year. The demand from citizens for consultations and protection of this right in the courts, from the arbitrariness of the police, local administrations is also growing. Experts of the Initiative for Freedom of Peaceful Assembly are open and ready to help every citizen whose right to protest has been violated!” –…

This was reported by the Department of Urban Planning and Architecture of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration in response to an appeal by the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights. The reason for the appeal of human rights activists to the regional authorities was the fact that residents of the Chernihiv region are illegally deprived of access…

According to Article 59 of the Constitution of Ukraine, everyone has the right to legal aid. In cases stipulated by law, this aid is provided free of charge. The Law of Ukraine “On Free Legal Aid” obliges the state to ensure that everyone realizes a special state guarantee – the right to free legal aid.

Since 2012, centers for the…

During 2012-2013, some Chernihiv “law enforcement officers” took bribes, traded drugs, engaged in fraud, and even stole cars. The Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights received such data from the Chernihiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.

According to the regional prosecutor’s office, in 2012, investigations were completed and 9 criminal cases were sent to court against law enforcement officers,…

In Ukraine, they were called bourgeois, but in Western Europe, these people are one of the most respected categories of the population. That is, one of the pillars of society, on which the same society is held. These citizens provide their subordinates with work and earnings, and also pay taxes and fees to the local budget. And all this cannot…

This is evidenced by the results of the study “Compliance with Business Rights in Chernihiv Oblast”, which was carried out by the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights together with the Polissya Foundation for International and Regional Studies with the support of the Rule of Law Program of the International Renaissance Foundation.

The survey showed, in particular,…

Only every third surveyed resident of Chernihiv region (37.4%) said that they trust the police. The results of the study show that the level of trust of citizens in state institutions is generally low. However, despite the rather low trust indicators, the police are among the three most trusted public institutions (after the Church and the Armed Forces).

For the…