Welcome to the official website where you can get to know about our non-governmental organization “PROJECTOR”.
Who are we?
We are a team of active citizens and experienced professionals. Each of our members has a mission to help those who have faced violence, discrimination, violation of human rights and freedoms. We support young people from crisis groups, citizens who have appeared in distress, as well as LGBT community representatives whose rights have been infringed upon.
We pay serious attention to the right to receive qualitative health care service and psychological support. And this is crucial in the struggle against spreading of infections, consequences of which can lead to serious problems within our society. Therefore, one of the directions of our activity is countering the epidemic of tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis and STIs.
The non-governmental organization “PROJECTOR” was officially registered in Ukraine on November 29, 2019. It was founded by a well-known attorney and a media lawyer Vitalii Matvieiev, health ambassador Andrii Radetsky and human rights activist Karolina Palaichuk. The founders of “PROJECTOR” have extensive experience in advocacy and legal support of counteracting discrimination and violence cases, addressing legal and socio-economic issues, as well as increasing access to informational support and educational activities.
Our mission
We believe that our main mission is to protect human rights and freedoms, implement modern approaches as well as introducing European standards in constructing a democratic society.
Our vision
The non-governmental organization “PROJECTOR” is a reliable and professional defender of human rights and freedoms with extensive experience in advocacy and raising awareness activities. We provide legal and psychological counseling and assistance, offering support and guidance before, during, and after court.
Our values
Tolerance
Having respect for the individuality of everyone
Equality
Recognizing equal opportunities for everyone
Justice
Ensuring compliance with the rule of law
Professionalism
Constantly developing and improving professional qualities and skills
Our goals
- to protect the rights of people and to secure access to justice by means of representation of interests from law enforcement agencies and courts of foreign jurisdiction;
- to change the internal stigma of those who are inconsistent to the discrimination of spirits by means of giving motivational and psychological support;
- to harmonize Ukrainian legislation in compliance with international standards, as well as standards regarding discrimination and violence;
- raising awareness on the legal basis and media literacy of the administration;
- to conduct informational and educational campaigns aimed at preventing negative developments in suspensions.
Our tasks
1.1. Legal advising;
1.2. Legal support (drafting procedural and other documents of legal nature);
1.3. Representing the interests of target audiences in law enforcement agencies, courts of general jurisdiction, organs of state authorities, local administrations and the others;
2.1. Individual psychological counseling;
2.2. Conducting support group sessions with target audiences;
2.3. Mental health supervision for social and medical workers;
3.1. Monitoring and reporting on violations of the target group rights within legislation and inside regulatory acts of other institutions;
3.2. Responding to violations of the target group rights by addressing authorized persons, or competent authorities together with institutions in order to restore rights previously violated;
3.3. Passing draft bills and amendments to the existing laws on the protection of human rights and the exclusion of discriminatory norms from current legislation;
3.4. Inquiring state institutions with a request to abolish discriminatory norms;
3.5. Informing the public on the progression of advocacy campaigns;
4.1. Organizing educational initiatives on legal and media literacy among the target groups;
5.1. Conducting information and educational activities on safety, sexual education, career guidance, STI prevention, and other topics among target groups;
5.2. Organize educational activities on the ethics of communication for vulnerable groups when working in the social and medical spheres.
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