Events

In connection with the reorganization

changes, the re-election of the Executive Secretary of the Council at the UMVD in Chernihiv region and the Secretary of the Council from the public took place. The candidacies were unanimously

approved: from the UMVD – the head of the public relations center, Lieutenant Colonel of the militia Serhiy Bryl, from the public –

Viktor…

The public discussion was attended by village council heads, police officers, border guards, and residents of the district. The public hearing was chaired by the head of the Ripky district council, Yuriy Lem

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shko. After the greetings, the head of projects of the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights, Tukhan Ediev, made an introductory speech.

The…

The main subject of the mobile group’s research was the conditions of detention of detainees in the city district department’s detention center. The public representatives aimed to investigate not only the current situation in the relationship between law enforcement officers and detainees. They were interested in the maximum number of various parameters that would allow them to create the most…

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…