In February, the center to provide free primary legal aid started its work at a joint initiative of Kherson city government and IRC "Legal Space".

Kamianets-Podilskyi Lawyers Association presented to the public the results of a survey on people's satisfaction with the work of the National Police in the southern district of Khmelnytskyi region.

Residents of the village of Fedorivka (Bilozerka district) appeared in a difficult situation. People were left without water for consecutive days as the water supply was blocked, allegedly because of the accident and debts. Human rights defenders, who came to Fedorivka for the field legal advice, found that the organization that provides water supply services improperly keeps records and contracts with consumers. Now the company will be revised and residents will restore the water supply.

What is community policing? What are forms of interaction between police and community? How effective are they and how to implement them? These and other questions were included into the agenda of the training "Community policing: partnership between police and community", held on April 18 in Bila Tserkva office of the Legal Development Network.

The woman lawyer who took the money from the disabled retiree, but did not provide the service. The lawyer did not want to repay the money. However, due to the lawyers of Kovel office of the Legal Development Network, she will be collected the necessary sum. The strategic case lasted more than six months and ended with the victory of the retiree in court.

A resident of Kharkiv had no opportunity to provide her daughter with education independently and the girl's father did not support her financially. Lawyers of Dvorichna Office of the Legal Development Network helped the woman defend the girl's right to child support from the father after the age of majority in court.

Dreaming about a new car, the woman got on the hook for fraudulent organization. Due to the prompt assistance of a human rights activist in Ivano-Frankivsk office of the Legal Development Network she managed to return 51 200 UAH.

In the beginning of 2013 a resident of Bila Tserkva sold her house in the village. The customer immediately paid part of the money and promised to return the rest later. The agreement was confirmed by a receipt. However, three years passed and the debtor never gave the money. Maria* supported by a lawyer Bila Tserkva office of the Legal Development Network went to court, which ruled in her favor. However, she faced with the inaction of the state executor. The woman again had to go to the Office and ask for help from human rights defenders.

Human rights activists declared that the investigation on the arson of spontaneous settlements in Kyiv is not happening. The representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine said that law enforcement officers are waiting on a statement about the crime.

On International Roma Day, April 8, an interethnic festive flashmob was held in Kharkiv for the first time. The surprise for holiday guests was a concert with the participation of Roma and Ukrainian artists, as well as performance of the Anthem of Ukraine in Romani and Ukrainian.

Roma from the village of Korsuntsi, Odesa region, are threatened by cutting off water. The Vodokanal (the water supplier) motivated this decision by a statement that people do not want to install water meters at their own expense. The lawyers of Roma human rights centerpointed out the illegality of such threats and solved the situation in the legal field.

The lawyer of Kherson office of the Legal Development Network, IRC "Legal Space" Serhii Plakhotniuk explains who exactly needs to fill e-Declaration in connection with the new changes in the Law and how to interpret the Law.

Kovel office of the Legal Development Network is often visited by elderly people who inherited houses without legal documents. Often these are pensioners who live in other districts of Volyn region. Lawyers of the Office explain in detail what to do in such situations and where to go. Based on their advice, we have identified 10 key steps that need to be done by heirs to submit the documents for the house and title.

Looking for a better life and better earnings Ukrainians go abroad. However, not always meeting the desired conditions of labour and payment. Often people without bothering about their safety in advance become victims of human trafficking. In recent years, a number of complaints of labour exploitation abroad has increased. More than 80 Ukrainians suffered in labor slavery associated with the production and transportation of drugs in Russia.

Stories like the case of a resident of Kherson region Ivan Lugovoy*, who applied for legal aid to Bilozerka office of the Legal Development Network, unfortunately, became typical, especially for the regions that border with the temporarily occupied territories.

Consultation the lawyers of Severodonetsk Office of the Legal Development Network provided to residents of Luhansk is a sequence of actions for IDPs who wish to draw benefits for housing and communal services.

The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine has simplified rules of enrollment in external studies for residents of the occupied and uncontrolled territories, as well as the line of contact. This is reported in the press service of the Ministry.

In addition to IDPs, who fleeing from the consequences of conflict were forced to leave their native towns and villages, there are people, who moved within their home locality, in Ukraine. For example, a building was hit by a shell, so people moved in with relatives or friends. Human rights activists call this category of people affected by the conflict “displaced”, according to Right to Protection.

Employers will be reimbursed for 2014-2015 within the average earnings of employees accepted for military service during the special period, according to the Ministry of Social Policy.

The Ministry of Health of Ukraine together with the Ministry of Defence prepared a draft order on the procedure for the supply of medical equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in peacetime, reported on the official website of the Ministry of Health.

Even leading lawyers saw no positive prospects in this case. But a unique example of our protagonist proves that integrity and professionalism overcome barriers of bureaucracy. His story is a model for many soldiers who got the disease in ATO zone, but failed to get documentary evidence of this fact from the military-medical Commission and state financial assistance for treatment.