Events

1. The local authorities of Chernihiv have coped with all the challenges that have stood in the way of establishing the principles of free and democratic elections with dignity. The elections confirmed the positive democratic developments that have been taking place in our country in recent years. Our monitors have never recorded any facts of administrative influence on the course…

In particular, Dmytro Plechko highlighted changes in legislation and the procedure for determining refugee status, presenting the draft Law of Ukraine “On Refugees and Persons Deserving of Subsidiary and Temporary Protection in Ukraine”, and provided statistical data. Information was provided on the current state of refugees and asylum seekers in Ukraine, and the problems faced by refugees and measures to…

Further, at its meeting, the Council discussed and approved the “Regulations on the Public Council under the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Chernihiv Oblast on Human Rights” and the “Regulations” of its work. In the speeches of the participants of the meeting, hopes were expressed for the productivity of the organization’s work, wishes and proposals…

It is in this situation that civic actions could have an impact, primarily with the participation of public organizations. Article 13 of the Law of Ukraine “On Local Self-Government in Ukraine” regulates the conduct of a special procedure – public hearings. Thus, “… a territorial community has the right to hold public hearings, meet with deputies of the corresponding council…

TITLE: WITH THINGS TO LEAVE Four citizens of Belarus who came to revolutionary Kyiv are in the opposition in their country . In the fall of 2004, they came to Kyiv because they knew that the elections in Ukraine would be fateful. They worked as journalists — they transmitted information and photos from Ukraine to Belarusian information resources. They supported…

According to Ms. Onyshchenko, the festival is held within the framework of the III International Festival of Documentary Films on Human Rights “Ukrainian Context”. The main goal of the event is to draw the viewer’s attention to human rights problems through the means of non-fiction cinema. The festival opened in May of this year in Kyiv. Since then, the festival…