Statutory mission
*gathering information about human rights abuse and sending this information to the relevant persons, organizations, and mass media *carrying out public investigations of human rights violations *legal enlightenment and popularization of law-protecting ideas *examination of the operating laws and draft bills as to their compliance with international legal rules *appealing to legislative, executive and judicial offices for problems concerning human rights *initiating and supporting public protests, actions and conferences on problems of human rightsMajor activities
*defense of persons whose rights are violated by legislative powers or public officials (since 1988) *creation and support of an information network for human rights organizations (since 1992) *preparation and publication of a series of history books dedicated to resistance to the totalitarian regime in the USSR (since 1992) *human rights propaganda, among executive and legislative authorities, local governments, NGOs, and concerned citizens (since 1993) *human rights education for various social and professional groups (since 1993) *creation and management of a public reception center and library with free and easy access for all citizens (since 1995) *analysis of the human rights situation in Ukraine (since 1995) *annual All-Ukrainian human rights essay contests for college and high school students (since 1996) *monitoring and protection of freedom of expression and privacy (since 1996) *monitoring and protection of the right to freedom from torture, cruel, and unusual punishment (since 1996) *analysis of the legislation and legislative practices concerning the special services (since 1996) *investigating a history of the dissident movement in Ukraine, creating a biographical dictionary of dissidents and a list of persons repressed on political grounds between 1953 and 1988 (since 1996) *creation and support of the information resource «Human Rights in Ukraine» (www.khpg.org) (since 2000) *analysis of discrimination and inequality in Ukraine (since 2002)Recent projects
*Creation of Virtual Human Rights Library in Ukraine (December 2006 - June 2007) *Creation of a National System for the Prevention of Torture and Ill-Treatment in Ukraine (November 2006 – January 2008) *Monitoring, Defense and Preparation of the Regional Report on Human Rights and the National Report on Human Rights "Human Rights in Ukraine – 2006" (July 2006 – June 2007) *Analysis of the problem of overcrowding in facilities of preliminary detention (January 2006 – February 2007) *Monitoring, Defense and Preparation of the Regional Report on Human Rights and the National Report on Human Rights "Human Rights in Ukraine – 2005" (July 2005 – June 2006) *Legal and public monitoring of the presidential election campaign in the East and South of Ukraine and defense of voters' rights during the third stage of the election (December 2004 – May 2005) *Monitoring, Defense and Preparation of the Regional Report on Human Rights and the National Report on Human Rights "Human Rights in Ukraine – 2004" (June 2004 – April 2005) *Fostering human rights (February 2005 – January 2008) *Creating mechanisms of cooperation of human rights organizations, Ukraine (August 2003 – July 2004) *Campaigning against torture and cruel treatment in Ukraine (July 2003 – July 2006)Major publications in English
*Access to information and other aspects of freedom of expression and privacy in Ukraine *The Presidential elections – 2004 in Ukraine: A Human Rights perspective *Against torture: Review of messages on torture and cruel treatment in Ukraine (June 2001 – December 2002) *On torture and cruel treatment in Ukraine (1997–2001)International and foreign partners
*Alliances
The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group is a member of the Coalition "Justice for Peace in Donbas".Awards
EU/US Democracy and Civil Society Award (1998)See also
Notes and external links
{{Authority control Organizations established in 1992 1992 establishments in Ukraine Human rights organizations based in Ukraine