Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union

All-Ukrainian Association of Public Organizations Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union was founded by 15 public human rights organizations on 1 April 2004. UHHRU is a non-profit and non-partisan organization.

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Statutory mission

Realization and protection of rights and freedoms by promoting practical implementation of humanitarian articles of the Helsinki Final Act adopted in 1975, other international laws based on it and all other obligations accepted by Ukraine in human rights and freedoms sphere.

Supervisory Board of the Union

On the Supervisory Board are prominent members of the Ukrainian Helsinki group of 1960-80s:

Zynoviy Antonyuk
Mykola Horbal
Vasyl Lisovyi
Vasyl Ovsiyenko
Yevgen Pronyuk
Yevgen Sverstyuk
Yosyf Zisels

Members

Source:

All-Ukrainian Society of Political Prisoners and Victims of Repression
Association “Civic Initiative”
Center for Legal and Political Research “SIM”
Center for Research into Regional Policy
Chernigiv Committee for the Protection of Citizens's Constitutional Rights
Civic Committee for the Protection of Constitutional Rights and Civil Liberties
Civic Organization M’ART
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine
Institute of Socio-Economic Issues “Respublica”
Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group
Kherson Regional Organization of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine
Konotop Society of Consumers and Taxpayers “Dignity”
Kryvy Rih City Association of the All-Ukrainian Taras Shevchenko Society “Prosvita”
Luhansk Regional Branch of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine
Odesa Human Rights Group “Veritas”
Sevastopol Human Rights Protection Group
Sumy City Association Civic Office "Pravozakhyst"

Alliances

Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union is a member of the Coalition "Justice for Peace in Donbas".

Major activities

Constant monitoring of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Ukraine
Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in courts and state bodies
Conducting researches in human rights field, also drafting the laws and by-laws
Conducting educational seminars, trainings and conferences
Promoting human rights organizations network in Ukraine

Recent projects

Developing a network of human rights lawyers through training and carrying out strategic litigation
Influencing the program activities of political parties through a monitoring of law-drafting activities and analysis of political parties’ pre-election programs as to their coverage of human rights issues
Developing a network of human rights organizations in order to increase their influence on the authorities and society with the aim of active protection of human rights

Annual reports "Human rights in Ukraine"

Since 2005, UHHRU in cooperation with the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group and other human rights organizations publishes a yearbook Human Rights in Ukraine: Report by Human Rights Organisations. These reports analyze the observation of fundamental rights; social, economic and cultural rights; human rights in "closed" communities; collective and environmental rights and offer recommendations for corrective actions in each area of human rights. To date, two yearbooks have been published. Their English versions are freely accessible from UHHRU's web-site.