Journalists and human rights defenders have learned safe work rules in the ATO zone
The staff of the Center for Documentation of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union took...
13 March 2017
Special projects
Besides its main activities UHHRU is also initiated a number of special projects related with defence of human rights. Among them there are Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival and the anti-award for violators of human rights “Budyak roku” (“Thistle of the Year”). UHHRU is also a co-founder of organizations such as the legal aid exchange “Pro Bono”, “Human Rights Agenda” platform and the charitable organization “Ukrainian Legal Aid Foundation”. The Union is also a member of the “Justice for Peace in Donbas” coalition.
Interview with UHHRU’s gender expert Tamara Martsenyuk for ProMosaik, the International Press Portal for Human Rights and Diversity
Interview was taken By Milena Rampoldi and Denise Nanni (8th of March, ProMosaik) Tamara Martsenyuk...
09 March 2017
Anna Yushchenko, a lawyer of the UHHRU public reception: “The root of the gender-based violence issue is the attitude of society.”
Tamara Martseniuk, a gender expert, prepared a new interview from the series “Women Human Rights...
06 March 2017
The application process to participate the course “Human Rights Standards in the Practice of Lawyers and Judges” is now open
On March 1, the application process of the course “Human Rights Standards in the Practice...
06 March 2017
Alla Blaha, an expert on gender-based violence prevention: ‘Human rights in general and gender problematique, in particular, need constant and systematic attention’
Gender expert Tamara Martseniuk prepared a new interview for the series “Women Human Rights Defenders,...
17 February 2017
Alina Pavliuk, a lawyer of UHHRU, ‘We have to discover a history of a person, to try to understand her actions, feelings, and suffering’
Tamara Martseniuk, a gender expert, continues to interview women, who work in the field of...
02 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
UHHRU acclaimed ten best judges of Ukraine
The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union presented the results of the research “Precedent UA –...
26 January 2017
A lawyer from Rivne Maria Tsypiashchuk: ‘First of all, I am inspired by the people who are as true as steel’
Tamara Martseniuk, a gender expert, continues to interview women who work in the field of...
22 January 2017
A lawyer Nadiya Volkova: “I have understood that my experience and my desire to help people may have practical application in Ukraine”
This is our fifth interview in the series of interviews “Female Human Rights Defenders, Who...
13 January 2017