The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union has expressed concerned over the increasing trend by bodies of local self-government to take premises away from organizations working in human rights defence and the cultural sphere, these including libraries, houses cultural centres, bookshops, galleries and civic organizations.

To the Third Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention “On access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters" (Aarhus Convention)

The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union has issued a statement over the assault on the Coordinator of the Vinnytsa Human Rights Group, Dmytro Groisman, during the night from 23 to 24 May.

An open letter of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union to the Prime Minister and honourable members of the Cabinet of Ministers

The Strategy Plan for Reforms to the State Penal Service has many failings most linked with the fact that it has nothing to do with reform, and cannot have while those with an interest in maintaining the old are entrusted with the task of creating something new

Vienna/Kyiv, 19 June 2007: On the occasion of the meeting in Kyiv of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights’ (IHF) Executive Committee, the IHF and the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union (UHHRU) drew attention to the long-standing human rights problems of torture, ill-treatment, and police violence in Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union is convinced that the law fails to provide sufficient guarantees for citizens’ rights to property and housing, and that it also has a number of shortcomings which will make it difficult to apply

At a press conference held on Wednesday 20 December, the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union presented the results of their analysis of the legislative activities and implementation of pre-election manifestos of the different parties and blocs from March to November 2006. These have been collected in a book “The Activities of political parties and blocs in the area of human rights since the elections”.

The UHHRU recognizes the need to increase tariffs on housing and communal services, but must note that these tariffs are not established in a transparent fashion, and the quality of the services in many cities meets no recognized standards. It has, however, also failed to prepare the necessary protection for poorer Ukrainians