Free legal assistance to internally displaced persons and war victims in Chernihiv region

Lawyers of the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights provide free legal support to internally displaced persons and victims of military operations in the Chernihiv region. As part of the project, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and victims are informed about their legal rights, legal remedies, and the availability of legal services.

Qualified lawyers provide comprehensive free legal and consulting support, in particular through:

– legal consultations

– assistance in preparing documents

The main issues on which legal assistance is provided:

• social rights and guarantees of internally displaced persons and victims of military actions;

• the procedure for drawing up an application for monthly targeted assistance to IDPs;

• guarantees of receiving assistance to insured persons within the framework of the eSupport Program;

• establishing facts that have legal significance (birth, death in the occupied territories), renewal of lost documents;

• recording losses and damages due to hostilities and receiving appropriate compensation;

• procedure for submitting an information report on damaged and destroyed property;

• information on IDP assistance points and addresses of government bodies working with IDPs;

• other issues related to internal displacement and damage from hostilities in Ukraine.

You can get free assistance online and by phone, as well as by making a personal visit.

Contacts of the legal reception in Chernihiv region:

Chernihiv city, Honcha st. 57 Phones: 063-140-63-47; (0462) 675-281

Email: protection.ua@gmail.com

The activity is carried out within the framework of the project “Reconstruction of communities and protection of the war-affected population in Chernihiv region” with the support of the Press, Education and Culture Section of the US Embassy in Ukraine.