Training on Human Rights Day

The training was organised by the charitable organisation “Chernihiv Women’s Human Rights Centre” as part of the implementation of the project “Ensuring Access to Justice for Convicted Women, Imprisoned Minors, and Persons Released from Places of Detention through the Provision of Legal Aid” with financial support from the UNDP Representation in Ukraine. The preparation and delivery of the training involved: specialists from the Main Administration of Justice of Ukraine in the Chernihiv Region – I. A. Kebets and O. V. Myshko; the leading specialist of the Civil Status Acts Registration Department of the Chernihiv City Justice Administration – T. V. Adamchuk; the deputy head of the State Department of Ukraine for the Execution of Sentences in the Chernihiv Region – O. I. Huzhva; and members of the Chernihiv City Supervisory Commission.
During the training, the convicts were introduced to the foundations of their legal status, the fundamental rights of convicts, and amendments to the relevant articles of the Criminal Executive Code of Ukraine, introduced by the Law of Ukraine No. 1828 of 21 January 2010 “On Amending the Criminal Executive Code of Ukraine Regarding the Ensuring of the Rights of Convicted Persons in Penal Institutions”.
The issues of pension provision for prisoners, the receipt of medical aid and treatment, the right to legal assistance from lawyers or other legal professionals, and material and living conditions were discussed animatedly.
At the request of the convicts, the training participants conducted a consultation session for them.
The leading specialist of the Civil Status Acts Registration Department of the Chernihiv City Justice Administration, Tetyana Viktorivna Adamchuk, answered questions concerning the establishment of guardianship and custody over children left without parental care, the rights and duties of mothers and fathers regarding the maintenance and upbringing of children, the personal non-property rights and duties of parents and children, and the procedures for marriage registration and divorce.
The chief specialists of the Main Administration of Justice in the Chernihiv Region answered the convicts’ questions regarding the procedure for appellate and cassation appeals against court decisions and introduced them to the main provisions of the Law of Ukraine “On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges”.
A concert prepared by student volunteers from the Faculty of Law of the Chernihiv State Institute of Law, Social Technologies, and Labour took place in the club of the Chernihiv Correctional Colony.

Valentina Badira, Director
CO “CWHRC”