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Norwegian Church Aid, whose Bergen office has just moved into Raftohuset, will carry out their annual information and fundraising campaign on March 23rd. This year, the focus will be on the fundamental right to water. Read what Jannike Hachvaag Grieg, the local project co-ordinator, has to tell about it. (28-JAN-04)
 

 Norwegian Church Aid, whose Bergen office has just moved into Raftohuset, will carry out their
 annual information and fundraising campaign on March 23rd. This year, the focus will be on
 the fundamental right to water. Read what Jannike Hachvaag Grieg, the local project co-
 ordinator, has to tell about it. (28-JAN-04)

Representatives of the Warsaw Human Rights House-based Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) have just returned from Iraq on a trip to investigate the possibility of establishing a permanent HRHF mission there. Their conclusion is that this will probably happen already in the spring of this year. If so, HFHR will be the second Polish NGO represented in Iraq, following the Polish Humanitarian Organisation´s permanent mission, which has been operating there since the middle of July 2003. (27-JAN-04)
 

Together with the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, HRH faxed a letter today to President Vladimir Putin expressing deep concern about the security of Imran Ezhiev, the Chairperson of the Chechen and Ingush branch of the Society of Russian-Chechen Friendship (SRCF). Read the letter below. (27-JAN-04)
  

The HRH secretariat has received an invitation to be distributed throughout the network, for everyone interested to attend the Oslo based Centre for Peace-building and Conflict Management´s workshop to take place in Oslo from 22nd to 25th of April. Read more, and – if this is of relevance – sign up. (27-JAN-04)
  

Representatives of the Warsaw Human Rights House-based Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) have just returned from Iraq on a trip to investigate the possibility of establishing a permanent HRHF mission there. Their conclusion is that this will probably happen already in the spring of this year. If so, HFHR will be the second Polish NGO represented in Iraq, following the Polish Humanitarian Organisation´s permanent mission, which has been operating there since the middle of July 2003. (27-JAN-04)
 

The Sarajevo Human Rights House-based Helsinki Committee on Human Rights (HCHR BH) has finished a research project on the position of women in society. The sad conclusion is that women in Bosnia and Herzegovina are still very far from being represented on equal terms, both in politics and work related contexts. Domestic violence and trafficking, other human rights related issues, are also on the rise, says HCHR BH. (26-JAN-04)
 

The Sarajevo Human Rights House-based Helsinki Committee on Human Rights (HCHR BH) has finished a research project on the position of women in society. The sad conclusion is that women in Bosnia and Herzegovina are still very far from being represented on equal terms, both in politics and work related contexts. Domestic violence and trafficking, other human rights related issues, are also on the rise, says HCHR BH. (26-JAN-04)
 

Late February, Human Rights Network (HURINET) Republic of Uganda, partner in the effort to establish a Human Rights House in Kampala, will be co-hosting a pioneer workshop to discuss how a co-ordinated approach to international labour rights standards can be developed for Republic of Kenya, Republic of Uganda and Tanzania. HRH will be represented to meet the delegates and promote the Human Rights House concept. (21-JAN-04)