Human rights trends - 2010
Arbitrary detention of a Belarusian student opposed by university fellows
A student of the European Humanities University in exile Mikalai Dziadok has been behind bars for more than two months now. Dziadok was detained in the wake of the so-called "case of anarchists” in early September 2010. His fellow students have appealed to the international community with a request to protest against this detention, called 'arbitrary and illegal' by human rights defenders of Republic of Belarus. 25 Nov 2010 »
Public prosecutor is also responsible
Trade Union of Public Prosecutors and Prosecutor’s Office Employees in the Republic of Poland demands the salaries of similar amount to those of the “old” European Union countries. Due to this occurrence, Civil Development Forum Foundation together with Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, present a report by Karolina Kremens and Artur Pietryka entitled “Public prosecutor’s professional responsibility”. 23 Nov 2010 »
The UN Committee Against Torture alarmed by severe human rights violations in Ethiopia
The human rights situation in Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is in decline. Despite the State party’s assurances that a wide range of criminal code provisions and other laws ensure that the country’s international and domestic obligations under the Convention Against Torture are met, in practice these legal provisions have no effect. 23 Nov 2010 »
Poland has not ratified the Biomedical Convention
Republic of Poland still has not ratified the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine, although it signed this document already in 1999. What is important, in the Republic of Poland there is lack of appropriate provisions that would regulate the issues that arise in the relationship among medicine, ethics and law. 22 Nov 2010 »
UN Member States should vote against proposed resolution on “vilification of religions”
Article 19 and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) urge UN Member States to vote against the draft resolution proposed at the current session of the UN General Assembly on “combating religious hatred and vilification of religions”. The content and implications of a new draft resolution are even more far reaching than earlier resolutions on combating ‘defamation of religions’. 21 Nov 2010 »
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