On 26 April 2022, the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law together with the Human Rights Information and Education Centre of the Faculty of Law organised a masterclass for secondary school students on "Human Information Rights: Current Challenges".
The event was attended by high school students of Manevytsky Lyceum No 2, Rozhyshchensky lyceum No 2, Sharovsky general secondary education institution of I-III grades of Yarmolinets village council of Khmelnytsky region, Pisariv Lyceum in Vinnytsia region,, schools No 190, 149, 247 of the city of Kyiv.
Dmytro Cherniavsky, a second-year student and member of the All-Ukrainian human rights NGO Legal Hundred, told high school students about fakes on the net and shared rules to help avoid falling into the trap of misinformation in times of war.
Myroslava Olkhovik, assistant of the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law, dedicated her presentation to a topical issue of the day and prepared a presentation on "Chatbots as a way to implement human information rights". In her presentation, the speaker explained what chatbots are, how they work, what benefits they have and how they are used in wartime situations. In particular, she gave examples of chatbots for reporting tags and movements of enemy equipment, for volunteer assistance, for medical assistance, for finding or providing premises, for checking news for fakes and blocking channels, for tracing missing persons, etc.
"The state information and communication policy must create all the conditions for the citizens of the state to exercise their constitutional rights to freely receive and use information, not only in the media, but also to address issues related to scientific, educational, economic activities, as well as to protect the territorial integrity of our state from the aggressor country," Myroslava said.
The high school students were actively involved in the discussion and expressed their gratitude to the organisers of the masterclass, the topic of which is very relevant today.