Lawyer Iryna Zaremba provided advisory assistance to a social and political figure who sought protection in our country, and on the basis of this case formed an algorithm of human actions to obtain refugee status. Foreigners seeking protection in Ukraine are usually victims of political repression and brutal persecution in their country. They find themselves in a difficult life situation, when freedom, health, and sometimes life can be lost at home, and sometimes life, and here they are unfriendly to complex bureaucratic procedures, language barrier and uncertainty about their rights. Such problems arise both at the stage of applying for
Over three years, 226 people took courses of the Public Advisors Program, of which 63 received certificates at the end of last week. On this occasion, we learned from the Chairman of the Association of Public Advisors of Ukraine Anatolii Levchuk and the coordinator of the training of the eighth set of public advisers Hanna Ilaschuk, how much the learning process has changed since 2017, what has been achieved by advisers during this time. From advocacy to gender-oriented budgeting In Canada and Moldova, as well as in several other countries, there is a network of paralegals who are competent in
In Ukraine, in regional centers and large cities, it is easy to access professional legal and social assistance, while many communities do not have free access to such specialists – remote mountain villages, small settlements, vulnerable/closed communities, etc. However, there are public advisers who, although they do not solve complex legal issues, do not represent clients in courts, cannot replace a professional lawyer or social worker, but understand legal issues, and know where to redirect a person to solve the problem. Within the framework of the “Public Advisors” program of the Ukrainian School of Practical Knowledge, the Ukrainian Legal Aid