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| Formation | 9 November 1976 |
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| Founder | Mykola Rudenko and others |
| Type | Non-profit NGO |
| Headquarters | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Fields | human rights monitoring |
| Publication | A Chronicle of Current Events |
Parent organization | Helsinki Committee for Human Rights |
| Website | helsinki |
The Ukrainian Helsinki Group (Ukrainian: Українська Гельсінська Група, romanized: Ukrainska Helsinska Hrupa) was founded on November 9, 1976, as the Ukrainian Public Group to Promote the Implementation of the Helsinki Accords on Human Rights (Ukrainian: Українська громадська група сприяння виконанню гельсінських угод, romanized: Ukrainska hromadska hrupa spryiannia vykonanniu helsinskykh uhod) to monitor human rights in Ukraine.[1] The group was active until 1981 when all members were jailed.
The group's goal was to monitor the Soviet Government's compliance with the Helsinki Accords, which ensure human rights. The members of the group based the group's legal viability on the provision in the Helsinki Final Act, Principle VII, which established the rights of individuals to know and act upon their rights and duties.
- ^ History of dissent in Ukraine, Yevgen Zakharov, 21.09.2005 Museum of dissident movement in Ukraine. Accessed 23 June 2022