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Gender stereotypes are widespread in Russian society. Although the Russian Federation adopted official policy of equality Russian authorities did not create the conditions that would result in true equality between men and women. (06-MAR-07)
 

Tomorrow, Wednesday 7 March at 11.30, the Norwegian Section of Amnesty International, the Norwegian Support Committee for Western Sahara and the Human Rights House Foundation co-host an open meeting at the Human Rights House in Oslo, with the well-known Saharawi human rights defender Aminatou Haidar, right. (06-MAR-07)
 

From 1 to 4 March, the Human Rights House Network´s Advisory team, consisting of representatives from all established and emerging Human Rights Houses, was gathered at the Human Rights House in Oslo, right, for intensive meetings, both internally, and with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Members of Parliament, and others. (05-MAR-07)
 

The Young Journalists’ Association “POLIS” and the Viridarium Group are organizing a journalist competition entitled: “TEN INNY”. The competition is carried out under the auspices of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and within the framework of the Council of Europe Campaign “All different-all equal”. (03-MAR-07)
 

In a country that Reporters sans Frontiers labelled ‘the biggest prison for journalists in the Middle east’, the internet has become the last public arena for dissenting voices.  But even this relatively safe haven is threatened by new laws demanding the registration of all websites and weblogs sourced in the country by 1 March 2007.  Iranian bloggers are incensed by the move, which they say will stifle the already tenuous right to free speech. (01-MAR-07) 
  

Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in their press release today, express their shock and deepest concern about the killing of human rights activist, Dusko Kondor (right). They also adressed their concerns on some other cases of human rights defenders under threats and failure of authorities to protect them and their families. (27-FEB-07)

For the first time in decades, the deserted Western Sahara village of Tifariti is reawakening to life. Located in the strip of land close to the Mauritanian desert border that is under the control of the Sahrawi pro-independence movement Polisario, Tifariti hosted on February 26 more than 800 delegates participating in an international solidarity conference. (28-FEB-07)
 

Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in their press release today, express their shock and deepest concern about the killing of human rights activist, Dusko Kondor (right). They also addressed their concerns on some other cases of human rights defenders under threats and failure of authorities to protect them and their families.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has decided that Serbia is not guilty of genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina. “The Court establishes that Serbia has not committed genocide through its organs or persons whose acts engage its responsibility under customary international law or through violations of their obligations for prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide “, Rosalyn Higgins, the president of the ICJ, read from the ruling. (26-FEB-07)
 

– Serbia has not committed genocide through its organs or persons whose acts engage its responsibility under customary international law or through violations of their obligations for prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide, Rosalyn Higgins, the president of the International Court of Justice in the Hague, read from the ruling. (26-FEB-07)
 

Representatives of several leading human rights organizations stated that they wouldn’t take part in a human rights conference, which would be organized by acting president of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov on March, 1st in Grozny. (25-FEB-07) 
 

Representatives of several leading human rights organizations stated that they wouldn’t take part in a human rights conference, which would be organized by acting president of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov on March, 1st in Grozny. Human rights activists have been repeatedly accusing Kadyrov of corruption and violence against innocent civilians, of spreading his cult of personality and of acting as an absolute ruler.(25-FEB-07)