News on the topic: human rights
17.12.2014 Situation of Human Rights in Belarus in November 2014
November was marked by a tendency of deterioration of the human rights situation. Intensive contacts between the Belarusian authorities and the European Union, its institutions and individual countries, as well as the United States did not lead to specific improvements in this area.
17.12.2014 FIDH celebrates 35th anniversary of CEDAW Convention
To mark the 35th anniversary of the adoption of the international Convention on the Elimination of all forms of DiscriminationAagainst Women (CEDAW), on 18 December 2014, FIDH launches a series of original and creative tools designed by students at the Paris School of Decorative Art. Today, this universal instrument, which has already contributed to enormous gains for women’s rights across the world, remains as relevant as ever.
10.12.2014 Today, Human Rights Day is marked for the 64th time all over the world
On Human Rights Day, December 10, the United Nations Organization calls on all states to fulfil their undertakings to respect human rights on the daily basis. This is the main idea of this year's slogan of the Day, "Human Rights 365".
10.12.2014 Belarusian issues discussed in Lithuanian Seimas (photo)
On December 9, the eve of Human Rights Day, Vilnius hosted a discussion attended by Belarusian and Lithuanian human rights activists, community leaders and relatives of political prisoners, as well as a photo exhibition dedicated to the death penalty in Belarus.
17.11.2014 Situation of Human Rights in Belarus in October 2014
The human rights situation in Belarus in October remained consistently bad, preserving the systemic and systematic nature of abuses. The growth of the practice of arbitrary detention and sentencing to administrative arrests required a separate emphasis from human rights defenders.
16.11.2014 United Nations Human Rights Committee is to consider the periodic report of Belarus in July 2015
Consideration of the periodic report of Belarus in the United Nations Human Rights Committee rescheduled from the 113 session (March 2015) to the 114th session that is to be held in July 2015. Information about this appeared on the website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
12.11.2014 Azerbaijan must stop its suppression of civil society
46 NGOs from 10 Human Rights Houses call upon Azerbaijan to stop the on going suppression of civil society, as Azerbaijan's chairmanship of the Council of Europe ends.
29.10.2014 UN Special Rapporteur: The situation with human rights in Belarus hasn’t changed significantly
The UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus, Miklos Harastzi on October 28 presented his report on the situation in the country within the framework of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly.
28.10.2014 State versus human rights defenders – unfair play
In this briefing paper, Civil Rights Defenders examines the situation of human rights defenders in Belarus and the difficulties they face under the authoritarian rule of President Alexander Lukashenka.
28.10.2014 The non-official report of Belarus on the situation with human rights for two years was sent to the United Nations
The Secretary-General of the UN has received an official letter from Permanent Representative of Belarus to the United Nations, which will be considered as a document of the Third Committee on 69 session of UN General Assembly.
21.10.2014 The situation of human rights and the situation of human rights defenders in Belarus will be discussed at the UN General Assembly
The Special Rapporteur on human rights defend¬ers, Michel Forst, is to present his first report to the General Assembly on October 23rd 2014. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Miklos Harastzi, is to present a thematic report on human rights defenders in Belarus to the General Assembly on October 28.
16.10.2014 Situation of Human Rights in Belarus in September 2014
In September, there were no positive developments in the human rights situation in Belarus, systemic and systematic violations still persisted. During the month, there was a further consolidation of the most negative practices developed in the preceding period: arbitrary preventive detention and punishment of civil society and political activists, harassment of journalists for contributing to foreign media, the impossibility of holding peaceful assemblies to express alternative opinions, bans on establishing independent associations.
10.10.2014 Babruisk polyclinic practices forced flu vaccination
Babruisk coordinator of “Tell the Truth” Alena Miadzvedzeva reported about two cases of forced vaccination against influence at polyclinic No. 7 in Babruisk.
25.09.2014 "Viasna" and FIDH presented the report on human rights violations in Belarus to OSCE
At the the OSCE Human Dimension Meeting the heads of the HRC "Viasna" – the president of the center - former political prisoner Ales Bialiatski, vice-president Valiantsin Stefanovich, and coordinator of the campaign "Human rights defenders against the death penalty" Andrej Paluda - presented review of the human rights situation in Belarus on September 24 in Warsaw.
22.09.2014 Defending human rights of most vulnerable crucial to meeting security challenges, say speakers at OSCE conference in Warsaw
WARSAW, 22 September 2014 – OSCE participating States have to focus on the most vulnerable in particular if their efforts to defend human rights are to effectively promote security, speakers said at the opening of the OSCE Human Dimension Meeting in Warsaw today.
