Events

“Green Rooms” for children have been launched in two territorial police units in the Chernihiv region

The full application of the “Green Room” methodology, aimed at conducting police interviews or interrogations of children while avoiding re-traumatizing their psyche, is now possible in the Nizhyn District Police Department and the Koryukiv District Police Department.

The project was implemented with the support of the United Nations Development Program and the NGO “Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of…

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Working meeting with a representative of the Ombudsman on the protection of media rights

During the next expert meeting, a separate working meeting was held with the regional coordinator of interaction with the public of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Commissioner for Human Rights in Chernihiv region, Alla Lepekha.

They discussed the implementation of the project “Legal Community and Local Media: Partnership to Protect Freedom of Speech” in the region, which is aimed at…

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How to avoid human trafficking in modern conditions

On October 18, on the European Day against Trafficking in Human Beings, representatives of the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights, despite the air alarm that lasted for more than 15 hours, held an interactive workshop “How to Avoid Human Trafficking in Modern Conditions”.

During the interactive workshop, the participants of this event – students of the…

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Chernihiv lawyers strengthen their capacity to protect the rights of the war-affected population

A training session was held in Chernihiv for representatives of the free legal aid system in the Chernihiv region on the topic “Protection of the rights of the population affected by the war”.

The trainers were

Natalia Kulikova

– head of programs of the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights and representative of the law firm “Skylawyers”.…

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Human rights defenders on guard to protect media rights in times of war

On October 14, Chernihiv hosted an intensive offline training “Journalism of the Future: Law, Protection and AI” for local journalists and representatives of civil society organizations, organized by the Center for Democracy and Rule of Law (CEDEM) and the Regional Hub of the Institute of Mass Information “Mediabase Chernihiv”.

As part of the event, we presented the activities of the…

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Countering gender-based violence: how youth can change society

On October 10-11, 2024, a two-day training “School of a Young Activist to Combat Gender-Based Violence” was held in Chernihiv, attended by students and teachers from various communities of the Chernihiv region.

Today, in the modern world, where new information technologies and social networks have become part of our lives, the problem of gender-based violence (GBV) remains one of the…

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Law enforcement officers in Chernihiv region are strengthening their capacity to identify and investigate cases of war-related sexual violence

At the end of September, a training session was held for employees of the Main Police Department in Chernihiv Oblast on the topic “Identification and investigation of cases of sexual violence, including conflict-related, and referral of victims for assistance.”

The main goal of the training was to raise awareness among participants about violence, its nature, causes and consequences, and to…

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