All-Ukrainian Association of Public Organizations Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union (UHHRU) was founded by 15 public human rights organizations on 1 April 2004. UHHRU is a non-profit and non-partisan organization.
Statutory mission
Realization and protection of rights and freedoms by promoting practical implementation of humanitarian articles of the
Helsinki Final Act (
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) adopted in 1975, other international laws based on it and all other obligations accepted by Ukraine in human rights and freedoms sphere.
Constant monitoring of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Ukraine
Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in courts and state bodies
Conducting researches in human rights field, also drafting the laws and by-laws
Conducting educational seminars, trainings and conferences
Promoting human rights organizations network in Ukraine
Recent projects
Developing a network of human rights lawyers through training and carrying out strategic litigation (December 2006 – December 2007)
Influencing the program activities of political parties through a monitoring of law-drafting activities and analysis of political parties’ pre-election programs as to their coverage of human rights issues (February 2006 – March 2007)
Developing a network of human rights organizations in order to increase their influence on the authorities and society with the aim of active protection of human rights (October 2004 – December 2005)
Annual reports "Human rights in Ukraine"
Since 2005, UHHRU in cooperation with the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group and other human rights organizations publishes a yearbook Human Rights in Ukraine: Report by Human Rights Organisations (in Ukrainian and English). These reports analyze the observation of fundamental rights; social, economic and cultural rights; human rights in "closed" communities; collective and environmental rights and offer recommendations for corrective actions in each area of human rights. To date, two yearbooks (2004 and 2006) have been published. Their English versions are freely accessible from UHHRU's web-site.[14]