Commissioner for Human Rights in Chelyabinsk Region Margarita Pavlova and Prosecutor in Chelyabinsk Region Alexander Kondratiev signed a cooperation agreement for protection of regional residents’ human rights and liberties, reported the Press Service of the Chelyabinsk Commissioner on 11 May.

The agreement provides for the exchange of information on violations of law, joint visits for examination of the reasons of mass violations of rights, liberties and lawful interests, preparation of joint proposals and their submission to government authorities, organization and holding of research and practice conferences, workshops and meetings, and also cooperation in the field of the human rights education.

The parties agreed about the terms within which the Prosecutor’s Office would submit the information on violations of law at the end of the year to the High Commissioner. The participants also discussed the issues of protection of labor, environmental and other rights of the citizens.

Adapted from the Press Service of the Commissioner for Human Rights in Chelyabinsk Region