The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine hosted the Day of Crimea
On February 23, the Verkhovna Rada hosted the Day of Crimea. The purpose of the...
25 February 2017
Strategic litigations
The UHHRU Strategic Litigation Centre was established in 2004 to provide qualified legal assistance to victims of human rights violations in matters of strategic importance. The expert council of ten qualified experts select these cases of importance. These cases receive systematic media coverage through advocacy activities of UHHRU. Particularly in 2015 more than 20 leading Ukrainian media were involved in advocacy campaigning of these cases. The head of the Centre is Mykhailo Tarakhalo.
The Pechersk Court compensated UAH 6 million for a destroyed house in the course of ATO
Ms. Svitlana and her husband lived and worked in Donetsk. After retirement, they decided to...
04 February 2017
The analysis of protection against torture and ill-treatment in Ukraine in 2016
We publish a part of the report “Human Rights in Ukraine – 2016” prepared by...
01 February 2017
Second day of the Ukrainian human rights delegation in PACE
On the 24th of January 2017 representatives of Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, Crimean Human...
24 January 2017
What if your relative has become a victim of human trafficking in Russia? INSTRUCTION
The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union together with Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR) have...
23 December 2016
The strategic litigation on crossing the checkpoints between the peninsula and the mainland part of Ukraine with personal belongings has been won in the court of appeal
The lawyers hope that the judgment will be a model in similar cases and will...
23 December 2016
The National Police ceased activities of a criminal human trafficking network upon the human rights defenders’ request
The Department of the National Police on Human Trafficking Prevention arrested four organizers of a...
05 December 2016
The illegally imprisoned person requires UAH 485 million of compensation from the state
Ivan Nechyporuk has become a symbol of the unfortunate failure of Ukrainian law enforcement and...
28 November 2016
The right of access to court of incapacitated persons. Guidelines for lawyers
Dmytro Mazurok, a lawyer of the Strategic Litigations Center of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights...
21 November 2016
Appeal to journalists for help in an attempt to save the lake Kachyne
Guardian (to Ms. Alison Flood) Die Welt (to the office) New York...
11 November 2016