Apparently within the first month of having the office of Commissioner for Children’s Rights created, said commissioner, Yuri Pavlenko has dealt with 55 cases of which half have been settled so far.
Somewhat unsurprisingly, according to him, most have been disputes over property and housing however to understand that you have to understand the system of registration of citizens and adults to particular addresses and the rights that go with that registration when it comes to ownership, part-ownership and in effect a defacto last will and testament to leave property to those others registered at an address unless there are legal documents to the contrary.
Other issues relate to the rights of young offenders in jail.
Mr Pavlenko has stated he will personally meet those with issues once a week (one assumes in Kyiv) and that regional offices of the Children’s Commissioner will soon open. If and when said office opens in Odessa I will endeavor to furnish you all with the address as this would seem a logical and accessible point for those NGOs and concerned people from Ukraine and abroad to lobby with regards to the street children, orphanages, schooling, health care, exploitation and all manner of matters of concern relating to Ukrainian minors.
It will be interesting to see how this develops.
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