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The Competition’s award committee chaired by Professor Ewa Łętowska granted one third place award and two special prizes. The laureate of the third place award is Tomasz Dudek, graduate of the Institute of International Relations, the University of Warsaw, who wrote his master’s thesis entitled “The methods of interpretation of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms on the example of cases concerning discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation”.

Ales Belyatsky, Belarusian human rights activist has become the laureate of the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize, awarded for the first time by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

Алесь Бяляцкі, старшыня Праваабарончага цэнтра “Вясна”, быў уганараваны праваабарончай прэміяй імя Вацлава Гавела за 2013 год.

Ales Bialiatski, President of the Human Rights Center Viasna, has been awarded the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize 2013.

Political prisoner Mikalai Autukhovich (right) blade cut his abdomen in protest against the humiliating attitude of the prison administration. Despite the his exemplary behavior, the administration tried to discredit him, filing a report stating that he was not in his bed after the lights-out time.

The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has issued an official statement to the Governor of the Małopolskie province, Jerzy Miller, concerning the hotel and hospitality centre Zielony Dół which employs persons with mental health problems.

The Republic of Azerbaijan underwent its Universal Periodic Review in 2013 and had to report on the recommendations it accepted and rejected at the 24th session of the Human Rights Council.

Палітвязень Мікалай Аўтуховіч (на фота) лязом ускрыў сабе жывот на знак пратэсту супраць здзеклівага стаўлення адміністрацыі турмы – нягледзячы на ўзорныя паводзіны, яго спрабавалі дэскрэдытаваць, склаўшы рапарт пра тое, што пасля адбою ён не знаходзіўся ў ложку.

The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has issued two guides developed as part of the Legal Assistance Programme for Refugees and Migrants. The initiative has been financed from the European Refugee Fund and the state budget.