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У адзін дзень у Беларусі пакараныя смерцю адразу 3 чалавекі (абноўлена)
Некалькі дзен запар беларускія праваабаронцы атрымліваюць інфармацыю пра смяротныя прысуды, прыведзеныя ў выкананне. Генадзь Якавіцкі, Іван Кулеш і Сяргей Хмялеўскі былі расстраляныя ў адзін дзень – 5 лістапада.
Society encourages femicide, which permanently blames the woman in the facts of violence
In accordance to the survey report by the UN Population Fund, every 11th women is victim of domestic violence. According to the report of the Public Defender of Georgia, 21 women were killed in Georgia in 2013, 23 women were killed in 2014 and 28 facts of femicide and attempted femicide were observed in 2015. It is brief and alarming statistics provided by the civil society in Georgia.
How can we resist illiberal democracy and populism?
On day two of the #HRHN2016 Assembly, the Human Rights Houses, joined by external experts, discussed the growing trend toward illiberal democracy, autocracy, and populism, and proposed solutions for how civil society can resist this trend.
International Conference within the framework of ILIA program was held in Vilnius
From 18 to 20 November Vilnius hosted a conference dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the application of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in the national legal systems of Belarus, Russia, Poland, Norway, Ukraine and Lithuania.
#HRHN2016 Assembly: A look at day one
Each Human Rights House presented and discussed their work, and then the focus expanded to joint activities, specifically the Network campaign to protect and support human rights defenders in Azerbaijan. Discussions then turned to opportunities for partnership with donors, and how donors and civil society can address State restrictions on foreign funding.
Международная конференция в рамках ILIA прошла в Вильнюсе
С 18 по 20 ноября в Вильнюсе прошла конференция, посвященная 40-летию применения Международного пакта о гражданских и политических правах в национальных правовых системах Беларуси, России, Польши, Норвегии, Украины и Литвы.
Voronezh: Exploring alternative fundraising
Alyona Ob’ezdchikova from the Human Rights House Voronezh took some time to share with HRHF the secrets of their success with crowdfunding for renovations of the House – a method of raising funds that even helped the Statue of Liberty to find its feet in New York.
Meet Human Rights House Belgrade
Human Rights House Belgrade will welcome human rights defenders from other Houses to the city next week for the 2016 Network Assembly. Just ahead of that, it’s a good time to take a look at the House, and read a little about the organisations working there.
Network Assembly 2016 in Belgrade
Human rights defenders from Human Rights Houses in Eastern & Western Europe, the Caucasus and the Balkans will soon gather in the Serbian capital, at Human Rights House Belgrade, for the 2016 Assembly of Human Rights Houses.