First large-scale study of Ukrainians’ understanding of human rights to be conducted

The large-scale study which will show how the Ukrainians as well as the country’s individual groups understand the concept of “human rights” will be conducted in Ukraine for the first time.

The study will be conducted by the Human Rights Information Center and the partner organizations within the framework of the project “Human Rights in Ukraine: Starting Point”, which has been launched in April.

The aim of the project is to study the perception and understanding of human rights issues in society in general and among certain target groups through elaboration of the methodology and conduct of the nationwide and segmented surveys.

The results of this study will be further used to develop more effective strategies and tactics of conduct of the awareness-raising campaigns on human rights, development of formal and informal education in the field of human rights and formation of the data-based approaches and priorities of donor activities in the field of human rights.

The project is implemented by the NGO “Human Rights Information Centre” in cooperation with the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights with the support of the UN Development Programme.

The study will last for seven months – from April to November 2016 – and will be implemented within the framework of the UNDP project “Strengthening the Capacity of the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights.”