-I have been extremely impressed by the work of the Human Rights House Network. Contributions by the Network to the establishment of ‘human rights houses’ provides very practical and much needed support to individual human rights defender organisations and also to networks of defenders, says Hina Jilani, UN Special Representative to the Secretary General on the situation of human rights defenders in a letter of endorsement. (10-JUNE-05)
“I have been extremely impressed by the work of the Human Rights House Network. Contributions by the Network to the establishment of ?human rights houses? provides very practical and much needed support to individual human rights defender organisations and also to networks of defenders.”
Hina Jilani, UN Special Representative to the Secretary General on the situation of human rights defenders.
Read the letter of endorsement from Hina Jilani
(10-MAY-05)
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.
