Meeting of students of the Zaporizhia Polytechnic with the representative of the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights in the Zaporizhia Region Mykhailo Volkov
On May 26, as part of an educational and practical initiative, a meeting of students of the Faculty of Law of Zaporizhzhya Polytechnic University with Mykhailo Volkov, a representative of the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights in the Zaporizhia Region, took place.
The organizer of the event was Yuriy Gavrylov – associate professor of the Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Labor Law, head of the Department of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Prosecutor’s Office, as well as the founder of the student legal community YGen.
During the meeting, the students got acquainted with the mechanisms of parliamentary control over the observance of human rights, and also took part in a practical conversation about the challenges that the prosecutor’s office, representatives of the Commissioner and the human rights system in general face every day.
Yuriy Gavrilov shared examples from his prosecutorial practice, in particular regarding the detection of facts of improper treatment, compliance with the standards of the European Court of Human Rights, as well as interdepartmental cooperation in the field of monitoring places of detention.
Representative of the Commissioner Mykhailo Volkov outlined the functions of the monitoring system, the specifics of response to human rights violations and drew attention to the importance of an independent institutional presence in vulnerable environments.
The direct participation of students — members of the newly created YGen community — was of particular value. In an open format, they asked questions, discussed and formulated their own conclusions.
“Education that does not show reality loses credibility. Therefore, as a teacher and practitioner, I consider it my duty to create opportunities for dialogue with the real system — without pathos, without conventions. Because human rights protection begins with understanding not only the text, but also the person,” comments Yuriy Gavrilov.
Such initiatives have already become a good tradition at the Faculty of Law. They are evidence that modern legal education has not only a theoretical, but also a practical, human rights orientation.
