{"id":13740,"date":"2024-10-14T15:10:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T13:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/?p=13740"},"modified":"2024-10-14T15:10:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T13:10:01","slug":"free-legal-aid-for-families-of-the-missing-persons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/monitoring\/free-legal-aid-for-families-of-the-missing-persons\/","title":{"rendered":"Free legal aid for families of the missing persons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Draft bill #<\/b><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/itd.rada.gov.ua\/billInfo\/Bills\/Card\/45000\"><b>12105<\/b><\/a> <b>of October 8, 2024<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Status: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">sent for review to the Law Enforcement Committee of the Verkhovna Rada<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cosponsors:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> 17 MPs from the factions European Solidarity, Holos, Batkivshchyna, and Servant of the People and the Restoration of Ukraine group with Iryna Friz as the first signatory<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Who is affected: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">family members of persons missing under special circumstances and providers of legal services<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Summary: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">family members of persons missing under special circumstances will have the right to free secondary legal assistance. This means the right to free legal consultations, preparations of necessary documents, and representation in court and other state bodies<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is right: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">legal acknowledgment of the right to free secondary legal assistance for families of missing people is a necessary and justified step. It promotes the protection of rights and legitimate interests of such families, ensuring social justice.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Why this is important: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">procedures<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">regulating searches for the missing persons, issuance of documents, applications for social benefits, etc., create a lot of red tape for the people involved. Free legal consultation will make life for them significantly easier, as not everyone can afford paid legal services. Lawyers can assist families in preparing necessary documents for conducting search operations, submitting requests to military units or recruitment centers, and contesting illegal actions or inaction of state bodies.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Draft bill #12105 of October 8, 2024\u00a0 Status: sent for review to the Law Enforcement Committee of the Verkhovna Rada\u00a0 Cosponsors: 17 MPs from the factions European Solidarity, Holos, Batkivshchyna, and Servant of the People and the Restoration of Ukraine group with Iryna Friz as the first signatory\u00a0 Who is affected: family members of persons [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":11790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[259],"tags":[],"level":[],"area":[],"coauthors":[1039],"class_list":["post-13740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monitoring"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13740"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13741,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13740\/revisions\/13741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13740"},{"taxonomy":"level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/level?post=13740"},{"taxonomy":"area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area?post=13740"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=13740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}