In cooperation with the regional partners regional public organization ‘Right of the Child’ will participate in a tree-days’ conference in St. Petersburg within the project ‘Doctors for Children’ with the aim to organize a network of non-government organizations and state institutions, dealing with issues of children’s rights protection.
When: Monday, 20. December 2010
To: Monday, 20. December 2010
Where: St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg
Host: Regional public organization ‘Right of the Child’
Contact: Svetlana Pronina (right-child@mtu-net.ru / +7 (495) 624 07 52)
More info: pravorebenka.narod.ru/
Non-government organizations from 10 regions of Russia, which form the informal network ‘Doctors to Children’, established by ‘Right of the Child’ are planning to participate in the event.
At the 56th UN Human Rights Council, Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) worked alongside civil society partners to highlight the situation for human rights in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Balkans.
On the sidelines of the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Human Rights House Foundation underlined several concerns related to freedom of expression in Serbia including Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs), the misuse of the Law on the Prevention of Money-Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism to target civil society organisations, and inadequate protection mechanisms for journalists and the persistent impunity for crimes against them.
On the sidelines of the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Human Rights House Foundation argued that Anar Mammadli’s detention should be understood as a direct reprisal for his legitimate election observation efforts and human rights work, and comes in the context of a dramatic deterioration in the human rights situation in Azerbaijan.
