Ukraine’s ombudsman receives over 500 complaints about rights violations affecting families with children this year
The Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights has received 523 complaints about violations of the rights of families with children since the start of 2026, the institution reported on its Facebook page. The ombudsman has opened more than 470 inquiries in response.
Photo: CanvaComplaints to the ombudsman about violations of the rights of families with children in Ukraine are rising sharply. A total of 171 complaints were registered throughout 2025, about a third of the 523 received since the start of 2026. The ombudsman helped Ukrainian families recover more than 3.3 million hryvnias in response to 137 complaints.
Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets noted that people sometimes have to fight for their right to state-guaranteed social benefits. He cited the case of a mother whom the Pension Fund had failed to pay almost 135,000 hryvnias. After she contacted the ombudsman, the family’s right to social protection was restored and the arrears were paid.
People seeking help to protect their rights can contact Ukraine’s ombudsman’s office:
- by post: 21/8 Instytutska Street, Kyiv, 01008, Ukraine;
- by email: hotline@ombudsman.gov.ua;
- by calling the hotline: 1678.
Earlier, ZMINA reported that internally displaced children could lose their living allowance if they study remotely. Lubinets called on the government to maintain their payments regardless of how they study or where their educational institution is located.
In 2025, the Secretariat of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights received 3,426 submissions concerning children’s rights. Children’s rights were restored in almost 15,000 cases.
In 2025, the Secretariat of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights received 152,592 submissions, 3.6 times as many as in 2022. The most frequent submissions came from relatives of prisoners of war and missing service personnel, as well as internally displaced people.
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