Events

PROTECTION OF LAND OWNERSHIP RIGHTS

The head of the Krasnyansk village council, Vitaliy Maslyuk, provided the community representatives with a detailed report

on the work of the village council executive committee and the head for 2010 and the beginning of 2011, and raised pressing issues of the community’s socio-economic development.

In particular,

the head of the village council noted:

that not all villagers have…

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MEDIA AND LEGAL EDUCATION OF THE POPULATION

As Viktor Tarasov, Executive Director of the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights, and Serhiy Fedus, Head of the Press and Book Publishing Department of the Press and Information Department of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration, noted at the beginning of the event, legal education of citizens is an urgent problem in the context of the development…

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COMBATING XENOPHOBIA AND RACISM

Project objectives:

information and human rights activities to combat racism, xenophobia and discrimination;

reduction of crimes and violence against minorities, refugees and migrants;

legal assistance to victims of hate crimes and intolerance;

promoting a change in public consciousness in order to improve public attitudes towards immigrants and draw public attention to the problem of minorities, migrants,…

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LEGAL ASSISTANCE

As the project manager Viktor Tarasov notes: “It remains very problematic for the state to ensure the protection of human rights at this level, especially in matters of applying to the court. Today, there are many obstacles of an objective and subjective nature that prevent rural residents from applying to the court to protect their rights. First of all, this…

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PUBLIC HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER

2. Provision of legal aid

The majority of people contact the public reception directly on reception days (every Mon., Tue.,

Wed.,

Thu. from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.). Consultations are provided in the majority of cases – orally, but there are also cases of written consultations (namely for applicants who apply in writing). The majority of people who contact the…

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LEGAL EDUCATION OF THE UNEMPLOYED

The seminars were held within the framework of the project “Legal Assistance to Unemployed Women of Chernihiv” with the support of the Democracy Promotion Foundation of the US Embassy in Ukraine, which is aimed at developing equal conditions for men and women in the field of labor relations. The goal of the project is to provide assistance to unemployed women…

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PUBLIC CONTROL IN PENITENTIARY INSTITUTIONS

In its activities, the Supervisory Commission is guided by the Constitution of Ukraine, the Criminal and Executive Code of Ukraine, the Law of Ukraine “On Local Self-Government” and other legislative acts. The Commission consists of 17 people, of whom: 6 people are representatives of public organizations of the city and 11 people are representatives of local self-government bodies and executive…

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