How the Istanbul Convention will change Ukraine: an overview of the main...
On June 20, 2022, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ratified the Istanbul Convention with 259 votes in favor. Ukrainian human rights organizations had been waiting for this ratification for 11 years...
View ArticleParalegals app – guaranteed legal assistance and a knowledge base for finding...
A huge community of Ukrainians has now united to help the military and their families, doctors, people who were forced to leave their homes, and children affected by the war. Ukrainians are faced with...
View ArticleViolence against men: why they are silent
The problems of men as a group that suffers from violence are still the least discussed of all. During the 5 months of paralegals’ work with the Foundation, 1871 cases of appeals from vulnerable groups...
View ArticleDid the aggressor state force you to commit a crime? The algorithm of actions...
If the defense counsel becomes aware of the client’s actions/inactions under the influence of physical or psychological coercion, he or she (with the client’s consent) must notify the pre-trial...
View ArticleHow do paralegals in Mykolaiv region work during the war?
How can a child with a disability be evacuated abroad during the war and receive assistance on the spot? During the war, Artem Kryvtsov, a paralegal and volunteer of the FLA system, worked with such...
View ArticleTeams of paralegals to help people solve legal problems in the regions
During the war, paralegals create conditions for Ukrainians to resolve legal issues – even in remote communities and cities. They work like first aid: inform people on the spot about their rights and...
View ArticleParalegal advice. How to obtain a certificate of a serviceman’s stay in...
Yana Tokar is a legal adviser at the Legal Clinic of the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University. She also coordinates the work of paralegals in the Eastern region (Kharkiv, Luhansk, and Donetsk...
View ArticleDomestic violence is one of the most common legal issues that PLHIV...
Violence is one of the most common problems that women from vulnerable groups have addressed to paralegals over the 5 months of working with the Foundation. These are 153 cases of humiliation of honor...
View ArticleIs it possible to receive compensation for destroyed housing if the ownership...
“Is it possible to receive compensation for damaged or destroyed housing if the documents of ownership are lost?” A soldier, Iryna, who lived in Oleshky, Kherson region, during the full-scale invasion,...
View ArticleEstablishing the fact of living together as a family of a man and a woman...
A resident of Kyiv region turned to Ivan Vorona, a paralegal of the BPD system, for help with a question about establishing the fact of living in one family with her husband. Her story: Natalya worked...
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