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On 3 May in Geneva the UN Council on Human Rights began its session within the framework of the Universal Periodic Review procedure. On 12 May Republic of Belarus will go through this procedure as the UN member-state where the HR situation causes concerns of the international community.

The upcoming election in Burma was discussed on 26 April 2010 at a seminar in Oslo. According to the participants, new election laws, as well as the new constitution that was pushed through in a farce of a referendum in 2008, have created ground rules that clearly favour the military junta. Seminar was organized by the Oslo Center, in cooperation with Norwegian Church Aid, the Norwegian Baptist Society and the Norwegian Burma Committee.

According to the recent research of National Institute for Public Health of Republic of Croatia (HZJZ), it is important to increase the number of employed women with disabilities, enable them to undergo re-training and additional education, and to provide them with social support “through self-help groups’’ and creative work.

3 траўня ў Жэневе адкрылася сесія Рады правоў чалавека ААН у межах працэдуры Універсальнага перыядычнага агляду. 12 траўня гэтую працэдуру пройдзе і Беларусь – як адна з краінаў-чальцоў ААН, сітуацыя з правамі чалавека ў якой выклікае шмат папрокаў з боку міжнароднай супольнасці.

The Arroyo government drops the pretence it is capable of prosecuting its political allies implicated in the slaughter of reporters. The only hope for the victim’s family is that the upcoming elections on 10 May 2010 in Philippine will deliver change argues Harry Roque, counsel representing 14 victims of the Maguindanao massacre in domestic and international litigation.

On May 4, in front of the Ilia State University, the young people gathered to protect the freedom of expression. The youth branch of the Public Orthodox Movement and Union of Orthodox Parents dispersed them.

The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in the Republic of Macedonia – HCHR in MK, has published monthly report for March 2010, on the situation of human rights in this country.

At the the World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, journalists, human rights defenders, public figures, and representatives of international organizations visited the grave of the murdered editor Elmar Huseynov, right. The Human Rights House Foundation, Article 19 and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee were present to honour the editor and to show solidarity with his colleagues.

Rebiya Kadeer, Uyghur human rights defender, the 2004 Rafto Prize laureate, and Lidia Yusupova, Chechen human rights advocate, the 2005 Rafto Prize laureate, were among the speakers at the Oslo Freedom Forum from 26-29 April, an annual conference that brings together human rights defenders to share their experience and expertise.