Relatives of persons who went missing under special circumstances (as a result of hostilities) can apply to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for a record, based on which they can apply to the Pension Fund and receive a survivor's pension. KHPG tells how to do it.

This article was written in February 2023 and describes the formation of the system of psychological care for victims of war crimes established by the KHPG. We provide comprehensive assistance to those who come to our reception offices. After a consultation with a lawyer, a person can be supported financially and referred to an official or a doctor. An essential part of this assistance is a psychological service.

What happens to Ukrainian civilians in Russian captivity.

Filtration is a violent, unregulated screening of the personal data of detained people, their social contacts, views and attitudes towards the occupying state, their safety for the authorities or services of the occupying state, as well as their willingness and consent to cooperate with the authorities or services of the occupying state.

They abducted the woman, fired a gun next to her ear, and beat her until she lost consciousness. Her tormentors have been named: a Russian citizen and someone from Luhansk are suspected of violating the laws and customs of war.

On January 31, more than two hundred soldiers and civilians were returned from Russian captivity.

The human rights activist will donate 20 thousand euros to help victims of Russian torture and support hospitals in the Kharkiv and Sumy Regions.

News on the criminal prosecution of Kyrylo Shevchenko.

The prize is awarded annually by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for outstanding achievements in human rights protection.

This publication provides the summary of the information gathered by the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, within the global initiative “Tribunal for Putin” on the alleged international crimes in 90 days of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war. 840 episodes were documented and recorded in the database.

‘In most of our countries, however, too many people have sided with the Russian dictator. In the name of an anti-imperialism that has turned into passionate hatred over the years, they are applauding anyone who is opposing the West’ – more than eighty writers and academics call on «all those who demand freedom for themselves» to «stand with the Ukrainians.»

Statements by some Western European politicians that only Putin is responsible for the war are an unforgivable simplification in matters of personal and collective resp. for unleashing and waging an aggressive war, war crimes and violations of int. law.

We appeal to the President of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Parliament to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) without delay.

KHPG, The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union and the Center for Civil Liberties are establishing a global initiative to bring to justice the perpetrators of war crimes committed during the armed aggression of the Russia against Ukraine.

‘Now the occupiers continue to bomb Kharkiv. I am writing this text under the constant accompaniment of the sounds of explosions, artillery and flying fighters.’

Address to the international community by "1st December Group", prominent Ukrainian human rights defenders and intellectuals.

‘The war unleashed by the Putin regime against Ukraine is a crime against peace and humanity.’

Russian scientists and scientific journalists have signed an appeal in which they declare their strong protest against the military actions of the Russian army on the territory of Ukraine.

We – St. Petersburg’s writers, poets, publishers, editors – are outraged by a war which Russia astrted against Ukraine, by the shellings of Ukrainian cities. We are witnessing a crime that needs to be stopped. To be silent means to become an accomplice.

Auschwitz Museum staff speaks in support of Ukraine, which is struggling with the Russian invasion.