Chernihiv police learned about the “Ukrainian sheriffs”

On December 15, 2016, in Chernihiv, as part of the 13th International Traveling Documentary Film Festival on Human Rights Docudays UA, the documentary film “Ukrainian Sheriffs” was presented to the police. The event was attended by both employees of the Main Department of the National Police of the Chernihiv Region and the Patrol Police Department in the city of Chernihiv.

The film’s plot tells about the residents of the village of Staraya Zbur’ivka, Kherson Region, in particular about two men who took on the functions of protecting public order. 50-year-old Viktor Kryvoborodko and 44-year-old Volodymyr Rudkovsky combine the duties of law enforcement agencies and social workers: they settle family quarrels, stop fights between neighbors, search for drowned people, etc. – that is, they deal with everything except criminal crimes.

After watching the film, the participants had the opportunity to discuss the film.

As noted by the head of programs of the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights

Kateryna Dankova

, the main task of the event was to show, using the example of this film, that the public is ready to cooperate with the police and implement joint measures in the field of crime prevention, ensuring proper law and order and public safety in the community.

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Docudays UA



is the only international documentary film festival on human rights in Ukraine. It is non-political and non-commercial, and takes place every year during the last week of March in Kyiv. The festival organizers are: Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, NGO “Pivden”, Kherson Regional Charity and Health Fund, NGO “Center for Modern Information Technologies and Visual Arts”.

Every year, in the fall, Docudays UA traditionally presents the best films in the regions of Ukraine during the Traveling Festival. Screenings last from October to December (inclusive). The Docudays UA International Traveling Human Rights Documentary Film Festival is supported by the Embassy of Sweden in Ukraine.

The mission of the Traveling Festival



is to create opportunities for every person in Ukraine to watch the most talented and relevant documentary films from around the world. In this way, we contribute to the development of critical thinking, the formation of an active civic position and the attitude to human dignity as the highest value. By implementing our mission, we contribute to the popularization and development of documentary film and to increasing the level of respect for human rights in Ukraine.

The goal of the Traveling Festival

is to contribute to the popularization and development of documentary film and to increasing the level of respect for human rights in Ukraine.

The festival is non-political and non-commercial. Admission to all film screenings is free.