Events

1. Approval of the Public Council’s work plan for 2007; 2. Discussion of the work schedule of the mobile group for monitoring compliance with constitutional rights and freedoms of man and citizen in the activities of internal affairs bodies. Approval of the schedule; 3. Other issues (at the initiative of those present). During the discussion of the first issue, members…

The representative of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Anna Antonova reviewed international and national legislation on combating human trafficking and analyzed the activities of law enforcement agencies in this area. As Anna Antonova noted: “Ukrainian authorities have begun to pay more attention to the problem of human trafficking, although Ukraine still ranks first in Europe in terms of the…

The members of the Public Council will have enough work. The structure is primarily not to control every step of the police, but to provide law enforcement officers with assistance in solving social problems, while, of course, monitoring the observance of the law by the law enforcement officers themselves. Among other things, the plans include taking care of protecting the…

The purpose of the discussions was to develop a strategy for implementing existing mechanisms for providing information on the current activities of local authorities and full public participation in decision-making by local authorities. The opening remarks were made by Dmytro Ostrik, an expert from the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights, and Yaroslav Zhukrovsky, an expert from…

It is no coincidence that the Gorodyansky district became a place of public discussion, as it is located at the junction of the borders of three states – Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. Therefore, illegal migrants often choose this area to penetrate Ukraine with the aim of further reaching European countries. It was on the features of the unique geographical location…

Such circumstances create quite favorable conditions for the existence of human trafficking for the purpose of their transportation abroad. This is significantly facilitated by the status of the Chernihiv region as a transit region for illegal migrants from the countries of the Asian region to the countries of Europe. The Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights (CHPCHR)…

Representatives of the public should influence decision-making by local self-government bodies. This was stated by the Head of the Regional Council Nataliya Romanova during a meeting of the Chernihiv Press Club of Reforms. She reported that the council is currently developing a structure for the creation of a public council that will monitor the regional council’s decision-making. “I want the…