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The South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders was founded in 2009 and unites NGOs from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The Human Rights House Foundation has from the start been an international associated member invited to take part in the selection of member organizations and the development of the Network.

The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) shared its trial-monitoring methodology with lawyers and civil society representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia at a training workshop in Vilnius on 25 and 26 November 2013, organized in co-operation with the Belarusian Human Rights House.

The side event will be held within BўRoom. Roundtable discussion will focus on the current human rights situation in the country and ways to improve acceptance and influence for human rights agenda in the country.

29 лістапада ў межах BўRoom у Вільні пройдзе круглы стол па выніках Саміта Усходняга Партнёрства: Як садзейнічаць прасоўванню правоў чалавека ў Беларусі? Удзельнікі мерапрыемства абмяркуюць бягучую сітуацыю з правамі чалавека ў Беларусі і шляхі павышэння станоўчага стаўлення і павагі да правоў чалавека ў краіне.

This event will take place on the margins of the annual OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting, building on the tradition of Parallel Conferences held in Astana (2010), Vilnius (2011) and Dublin (2012). These conferences have provided a forum for independent civil society to seek answers to current challenges in the human dimension and develop strategies to try to empower OSCE institutions.

Human Rights Day 2013 has special significance in this 20th anniversary year of the establishment of the mandate of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Human Rights Day continues the celebration of the anniversary with 20 YEARS: WORKING FOR YOUR RIGHTS as its theme but with the emphasis on the future and identifying the challenges that lie ahead.

The UN General Assembly proclaimed 10 December as Human Rights Day in 1950, to bring to the attention ‘of the peoples of the world’ the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations.

For their Human Rights Day activities this year, organisers may also choose to include one or more of the human rights achievements of the past two decades.

When: Saturday, 2. December 2000 To: Tuesday, 5. December 2000 Where: Kiev More info: www.osce.org/

Лепшыя грамадзянскія актывісты Беларусі падрыхтавалі Bў-ROOM – крэатыўную грамадзянскую прастору, што супадзе з Віленскім самітам. Мерапрыемства, якое адбудзецца 28-29 лістапада, прыцягне увагу да грамадзянскай актыўнасці і узаемадзеяння з Беларуссю – бліжэйшым геаграфічным суседам Еўрапейскага саюза, што упарта застаецца па-за межамі Усходняга партнёрства.

Belarus’ finest civic activists have prepared the By-ROOM – a creative civic space to coincide with the Vilnius Summit. The event, held November 28-29, will draw attention to civic activism and action with Belarus – the European Union’s closest geographical neighbour that remains a stubborn outlier in the framework of the Eastern Partnership.