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Review of Armenia at Human Rights Committee
Review of the Republic of Armenia at the United Nations Human Rights Committee.
Obstacles in access to pre-trial investigation files
Increasingly more people address the Foundation claiming they have a problem with accessing files from pre-trial investigation, which contain evidence in support of a motion to impose pre-trial detention. The obstacles encountered by suspects and their counsel in their efforts to have the files disclosed may lead to a violation of the equality of arms principle and the principle of adversarial nature of criminal proceeding.
Three resolutions on Belarus adopted within three days
Within three days, from 5 to 7 July, the UN, OSCE and the European Parliament adopted three resolutions condemning human rights violations in Belarus.
Georgian State Avoids Responsibilities Toward Eco-Migrants
Natural disasters are a common problem in Georgia. Floods, landslides, storms, hurricanes and other natural disasters often destroy houses and residential areas for people. According to Georgian legislation, people uprooted by natural disasters, so called eco-migrants, do not have IDP status and are not entitled to the social benefits of internally displaced people (IDPs). One of the main shortcomings in dealing with natural disasters is the lack of risk assessments which leads to damages that end up costing the state millions of lari. Most often, the government chooses to deal with the results of natural disasters instead of investing in preventive measures.
Court victory arouses hope for an end to land conflict in Bajo Aguán
Several international organisations have welcomed the ruling in favour of the Authentic Peasant Reclamation Movement of Aguán (MARCA), restoring the land they have been claiming for 18 years. This decision also insists that the numerous grave human rights violations committed during the rural conflict in the Bajo Aguán not go unpunished.
Russia: Draft law on foreign-funded civil society raises concern
A new Russian law would brand all foreign-funded organisations as foreign agents.
Адна Беларусь – тры рэзалюцыі
Цягам трох дзён, з 5 па 7 ліпеня, ААН, АБСЕ і Еўрапарламент прынялі рэзалюцыі з асуджэннем парушэнняў правоў чалавека ў Беларусі.
Brutally beaten activist sentenced to a fine
Activist Andrei Mouchan, who was brutally beaten by police, was fined by the court for walking down the street with a white-red-white Belarusian flag.
New UN special rapporteur on human rights in Belarus
The United Nations Human Rights Council decided to establish a new special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Republic of Belarus.
HRHF raises situations in Azerbaijan and Russia at UN
“The Eurovision Song Contest ended in Baku but in Azerbaijan repression continues,” Human Rights House Foundation said at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
OSCE criticises Poland for retaining the offence of defamation
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, issued a letter to the Polish Minister of Justice, Jarosław Gowin, regarding the offence of defamation. Dunja Mijatović argues that protesting against Andrzej Poczobut being sentenced by a Belarusian court for defaming President Lukashenko, and simultaneously retaining a controversial legal regulation, makes Poland lose its credibility.
Land grabbing in Cambodia: EU Trade Commissioner negligent of human rights abuse
In Cambodia today, hundreds of thousands of people are being alienated from their homes, farmlands, forests and fisheries as the country’s ruling elites and foreign investors plunder the country for private profit in the name of ‘development’. In rural areas, more than 2 million hectares – 12 percent of Cambodia’s total landmass – has been granted to private companies as concessions for the development of agro-industrial plantations.