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Human Rights House Foundation believes that recognition in the area of human rights can serve as a protection measure for threatened human rights defenders and their organisations. To increase awareness of these useful protection tools, we share the upcoming deadlines of some of the key human rights awards.

Promoting the importance of human rights defenders and their work in Georgia, Human Rights House Tbilisi (HRHT), on behalf of its member organisations, organised the first celebration of International Human Rights Defenders Day in Georgia.

Human Rights House Zagreb organised the public debate “Human Rights Defenders” to mark the 20th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

В Беларусском доме прав человека имени Бориса Звозскова 14-16 декабря в рамках проекта House-to-House Фонда домов прав человека прошла международная конференция, посвященная 70-летию Всеобщей Декларации прав человека «От провозглашения ценностей до современных правозащитных практик».

Working on several projects with national and international partners, Human Rights House Zagreb and its member organisations have carried out research, raised awareness, and offered practical guidance on the issues of hate crime and hate speech.

Co-organised by Human Rights House Voronezh, “City of Rights / Right is Right” human rights festival was held in Kaliningrad from 11-14 October, the first time it has travelled outside of Voronezh.

Three Human Rights Houses have undertaken a Mission aimed at breaking the wall of silence and documenting first-hand the human rights situation in Crimea.

У Міжнародны Дзень правоў чалавека, 10 снежня, адбылася цырымонія ўзнагароджання штогадовай Прэміі ад праваабарончай супольнасці. Урачыстая дзея адбылася на новай асветніцка-адукацыйнай пляцоўцы “Тэрыторыя правоў”.

Human rights lawyer Emil Kurbedinov has sentenced to administrative detention in Crimea on charges related to extremism. Members of Human Rights Houses in Ukraine and international human rights organisations, including HRHF, condemn his detention and the persecution of lawyers in Crimea.