The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KhPG) is one of the oldest and most active Ukrainian human rights organizations. As a legal entity, it was established in 1992, but it has been working as a human rights protection group in the Ukrainian SSR since 1988 under the Society "Memorial". It was the first official human rights organization in the former USSR. Many members of the organization took part in a human rights movement of the 1960s – 1980s.

Statutory mission

Major activities

Recent projects

Major publications in English

International and foreign partners

Alliances

The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group was a member of the Coalition "Justice for Peace in Donbas". Today it is one of the trustees of the Tribunal for Putin coalition, which has recorded over 56,000 war crimes committed on Ukrainian territory since 24 February 2022 by Russia's armed forces.

Awards

EU/US Democracy and Civil Society Award (1998)

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