Regional Center for Human Rights (RCHR)

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Regional Center for Human Rights (RCHR)

Regional Center for Human Rights founded in 2013 in Sevastopol. Due to the occupation of Crimea, we were forced to move to Kyiv. Our team is an association of professional lawyers, advocates, human rights defenders, and activists united by shared values and purpose.

We want human rights to be respected even under the conditions of occupation, and those guilty of violating them should be punished. For this, we use international and national legal remedies. The main directions of our activity are the documentation of international crimes of the Russian Federation (including the crime of genocide against the Ukrainian nation), protection of property rights, the right to freedom of movement, citizenship issues, etc.

Our experts and lawyers are also members of a number of expert councils, commissions, and working groups:

Expert network of the Crimea platform (Humanitarian policy, Cultural heritage, Sanctions policy, Security policy)
Expert Council at the Representation of the President of Ukraine in Crimea
Working group on the reintegration of temporarily occupied territories of the Commission on Legal Reform under the President of Ukraine
Interdepartmental Working Group on the improvement of criminal and criminal procedural legislation
Interdepartmental Working Group to increase the effectiveness of the interaction of law enforcement agencies and other state agencies on the development, coordination, and implementation of joint measures for the warning, detection, and prevention of criminal offenses against cultural property (Prosecutor’s office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol City)

Interdepartmental Commission on the application and implementation of international humanitarian law in Ukraine
Interdepartmental Working Group on improving the state of investigation of crimes related to the actions and decisions of the occupation authorities regarding the forced expulsion of the civilian population
International Expert Council on Investigating Crimes Committed during the Armed Conflict
Interdepartmental Working Group on the protection of human rights
Interdepartmental Working Group for the investigation of crimes of the sexual gender-based violence
Interdepartmental Working Group on Digital Evidence

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Команда

Голова організації

Сергій Мокренюк

Заступниця голови

Катерина Петрова

Провідний експерт, співзасновник

Роман Мартиновський

Експертка, співзасновниця

Анастасія Мартиновська

Експертка

Катерина Рашевська

Експерт

Микола Кіккас

Regional Center for Human Rights is a member of the coalitions

Ukraine 5AM Coalition

Regional Center for Human Rights joined the initiative to create an association of human rights organizations that jointly collect and document war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Russian armed aggression in Ukraine. The coalition began work on February 25, 2022 – the day after the new stage of armed aggression by the Russian Federation.

We hand over documented evidence to Ukrainian law enforcement agencies and other institutions of international justice, including the International Criminal Court.

https://www.5am.in.ua

Human Rights House Crimea (HRH Crimea)

Regional Center for Human Rights is one of the founders of the HRH Crimea, which was created for effective and systematic work on promoting and observance of human rights in connection with the occupation of the peninsula.

HRH Crimea is a member of the international network of Human Rights House Foundation, which includes 17 organizations in 11 countries of Eastern and Western Europe, the Caucasus, and the Balkans.

https://hrhcrimea.org.ua

Coalition for the ICC

The world’s largest civil society association promoting international justice. The coalition advocates for a more peaceful world through universal access to justice for victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

https://www.coalitionfortheicc.org