Events

The reaction of the prosecutor’s office to the concealment of the general plans of the cities of Chernihiv region from citizens can now be found on the website www.cityplan.in.ua. The web resource contains the responses of the prosecutor’s offices to complaints from public organizations regarding the restriction of citizens’ access to urban planning documentation of the cities of Ukraine. This…

The European Court of Human Rights, in its decision in the case of Koval and Others v. Ukraine dated November 15, 2012, recognized that a resident of Chernihiv, Mykhailo Koval, and his relatives were tortured by police officers. In particular, the European Court recognized that Mr. Koval, his wife, and his son were subjected to cruel treatment by law enforcement…

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 citizens’ trust 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).

These are the…

The Desnyanskyi District Court of Chernihiv once again overturned the prosecutor’s office’s decision to close the criminal case on the fact of causing bodily harm by police officers to Chernihiv resident Mykhailo Koval and his relatives, which took place back in 2001, and sent the case to the Chernihiv prosecutor to resume the pre-trial investigation.

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On April 3, 2012, the Expert Club “Clean Politics” hosted a presentation of the Center for Free Legal Aid to the Unemployed in Chernihiv, which operates on the basis of the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights.

As the head of the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights, Oleksiy Tarasov, noted during the presentation:…

In Chernihiv district, rural Legal Information and Consultation Centers have been opened, operating on the basis of Krasnyanska and Kyinska village councils of Chernihiv district. The Legal Information and Consultation Centers operate within the framework of the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights project with the support of the initiative “Strengthening the Legal Capacities of the Poor”…

On May 25, 2012, the All-Ukrainian Day of Free Legal Aid-2012 was held in all regions of Ukraine. The partners of the “All-Ukrainian Day of Free Legal Aid – 2012” were the Association of Lawyers of Ukraine, the Association of Advocates of Ukraine, the Union of Advocates of Ukraine, the Council of Advocates of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights…