Preventive measures of asocial behavior, youth's rights protection


Unfortunately, high rate of social & economic development of the Autonomous Okrug defines a hasty growth of social diseases (addiction, alcoholism, AIDS) on its territory. It made different departments to unite efforts for system creation of effective measures on preventive measures of asocial facts.

In 1999 international scientific & practical conference on children's rights protection, which was held in cooperation with the law protection fund "Shans" (Yekaterinburg), was held in the Okrug for the first time. The result of the conference was creation a juvenile service in the town of Urai - free juridical consultation for teenagers and youth. There is a public organization "Liga prava" (Raduzhny). Holding of the youth section "State guarantees of underage children and youth's  rights in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug" in August 2000 in the frameworks of the international congress "Human rights and education: global and regional problems and prospects",  organization of the interregional conference "Juvenile technologies: regional practice and movement to the juvenile justice in Russia" in November 2001, was the continuity of work on the juvenile justice institution creation.

The system creation of social services for youth

For organization of social physiological assistance for teenagers and youth:

- social & physiological services, centers,
- helplines,
- rehabilitation centers,
- local clubs,
- consulting services are organized.

Much attention is paid to the regional tutors, supervisors, telephone consultants studying. In 2001 the regional public organization "Ugra Department of Russian Association of Emergency Psychological Helpline" was organized.

Center of social & physiological rehabilitation of children and teenagers "Semitsvetie" (Kogalym), social & physiological service "Katarsis" (Kogalym), municipal establishment :Rehabilitation center "Zazerkalie" (Surgut) are engaged in work with children from the troubled families.

Local clubs are the alternative forms to distract children of the street.