ISHR continues to help Ukrainians in need On June 1, 2023, on the International Children's Day, we congratulated the children of Stepnohirsk territorial community in Zaporizhzhia region, and delivered them 100 stationery sets. Our team was very pleased to see how happy the children and their parents were! Stay kindBe with ISHR! On June 2, 2023, our team visited Pisochyn community in Kharkiv region to hand
Young human rights defenders around the globe continue to face a wide array of threats, abuse and barriers. Far too many tragic examples bear witness to the fact that young people have generally been relieved of and/or relinquished the fight for human rights. Young human rights defenders around the globe continue to face a wide array of threats, abuse and barriers. Of great surprise is the fact that universities—one of
ISHR provides humanitarian aid to kindergartens and hospitals We understand how important it is to drink clean water and to be able to provide a supply of drinking water today. Especially when we talk about children. This is why we continue to install water purification equipment in schools. ISHR team delivered and installed water filters at the "Prolisok" kindergarten in the village of Jareski and at the Velikobuzivka educational complex.
ISHR provides humanitarian aid to Ukrainian schools and communities Our team is pleased to join the creation of decent living conditions for the patients of Bila Tserkva psycho-neurological boarding school. We have already handed over microwave ovens and prepared to help them with repair work. And in the near future, thanks to CARE International support, the showers and toilets in 6 orphanages in Kyiv region will be repaired and all
Ecocide in Ukraine. Up to 80 settlements at risk of flooding On June 6, Operational Command "South" reported that Russian troops had exploded the Kakhovska Hydroelectric Power Plant located in Kherson Region. Kherson regional military administration confirmed this information. The Kakhovska Hydroelectric Power Plant cannot be restored. The head of Kherson regional military administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, announced evacuation of people from the dangerous areas. The head of the Office
This there a link between the Environment and Human Rights? Yes there is; The link between the environment and human rights is significant. The environment plays a crucial role in the realization of human rights, including the right to life, health, water, food, and adequate standard of living. A healthy environment is essential for people to enjoy these rights. Environmental harm causes significant harm to human health, safety, and well-being.
The team of jailed Russian politician Alexei Navalny has announced a worldwide action in support of him. Navalny's supporters have proposed holding it on the politician's birthday on 4 June. "On June 4 at 2pm, come out to the main squares of your cities, wherever you are, whatever country you are in, come out to support Navalny," Navalny's supporters said in a statement. The whole world is behind Navalny.
Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in jail in Russia for charges linked to his criticism of the war in Ukraine. Mikhail Tereshchenko/TASS Vladimir Kara-Murza is the first person to be accused of treason for publicly listing publicly available facts He was found guilty of treason, spreading "false" information about the Russian army and being affiliated with an "undesirable organisation". The Russian-British former
OHCHR: Treatment of Prisoners of War and Persons Hors de Combat in the Context of the Armed Attack by the Russian Federation against Ukraine (24 February 2022 - 23 February 2023) This report by the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) focuses on the treatment of prisoners of war (POWs) by the parties to the international armed conflict since the large-scale armed attack by the Russian
OHCHR: Report on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine (1 August 2022 - 31 January 2023) The thirty-fifth report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the human rights situation in Ukraine covers the period from 1 August 2022 to 31 January 2023. It is based on the work of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU). The international armed conflict has
