Legal assistance continues to be provided to internally displaced persons in the Chernihiv region

An initiative aimed at promoting the legal protection of citizens who were forced to leave occupied and dangerous territories is underway in Ukraine. Among other regions, such a program is being implemented in Chernihiv region.

The project is implemented with the support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in cooperation with the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights.

The main target groups of the project are internally displaced persons (IDPs) who were forced to leave the occupied territories and the war zone, as well as public activists who deal with the problems of internally displaced persons, or who themselves have been persecuted due to their public or professional activities in the occupied territories.

As part of the project, internally displaced persons are informed through the media about their legal rights, legal remedies and the availability of legal services. Qualified lawyers also provide primary and secondary legal assistance: they provide advice, in particular, via Skype, prepare the necessary procedural documents and, if necessary, represent people’s interests in courts.

The project “Protection of the Rights of IDPs in Ukraine – Legal Aid, Information Campaigns and Digital Tools” is being implemented in Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Rivne, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytskyi and Chernihiv regions.

To receive free legal assistance and other information regarding their status, internally displaced persons residing in the Chernihiv region can contact

Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights

at the address: 57/1 Gorkogo St., Chernihiv, 14000,

hotline number: 612-532

.