When: Monday, 25. May 2009 12:30
To: Monday, 25. May 2009
Where: Oslo, Nobel Peace Center, Raadhusplasen
Host: 15:00
More info: www.nhc.no
Documents:
Nobel Peace Center and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee invite to a seminar and the opening of a photo exhibition ‘Waiting Room’ by Linda Bournane Engelberth.
When: Monday, 25. May 2009 12:30
To: Monday, 25. May 2009
Where: Oslo, Nobel Peace Center, Raadhusplasen
Host: 15:00
More info: www.nhc.no
Documents:
In February 2025, Ukraine marks three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion and eleven years in total of armed Russian aggression against the country starting with the annexation of Crimea, sparking an “avalanche of atrocities” and human rights violations. In this interview with HRHF, Ukrainian human rights defender Tetiana Pechonchyk, discusses the potential escalation of the war, Ukrainian civil society’s current human rights focuses, the impact of disrupted US support for Ukraine, and how it could strengthen China’s influence in the region, among other pressing issues.
“We cannot rely on Trump’s United States to attempt to civilise human conflict. Now we must rely on American civil society and the EU” writes Human Rights House Foundation’s Chairperson Bernt Hagtvet in a recent op-ed for the Norwegian publication VG.
Appeal to the Heads of State and Government and the institutions of the European Union to take action to fill the gaps in international development aid created by the U.S. Presidential Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid and the reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule.