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New statement from the Human Rights House in Sarajevo
In December 2003, the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina (HCHR BH) issued a statement describing the human rights situation in a selection of municipalities throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. The statement makes it clear that the rights to work, social welfare and health protection are among those most commonly violated. In some areas, the human rights situation is also improving. (08-JAN-04)
British film maker Kim Longinotto receives festival prize
With ´The day I will never forget,´ ducumenting the widespread practice of female circumcision in the Somali community in Nairobi, Republic of Kenya, Kim Longinotto, further reconciled her position as one of Europe´s finest documentarist. At the ´Human Rights in Film´ festival, she received may well have been her biggest honour to date; the prize for outstanding commitment to human rights in film. (15-DEC-03)
Third ‘Human Rights in Film’ festival ready
For the third time, the Warsaw Human Rights House hosts the ´Human Rights in Film´ festival. This year, with more than 60 films, ranging from cinematic portraits, to feature length documentaries approaching their subject matter in an almost fictional narrative style, the festival is bigger and better than ever. (10-DEC-03)
New statement from the Human Rights House in Sarajevo
In December 2003, the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina (HCHR BH) issued a statement describing the human rights situation in a selection of municipalities throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. The statement makes it clear that the rights to work, social welfare and health protection are among those most commonly violated. In some areas, the human rights situation is also improving. (08-JAN-04)
HRH nominates Human Rights Ambassador
In a small pre-Christmas ceremony, HRH presented Steinar Gil, Norway´s Ambassador to Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan, with the foundation´s diploma as Human Rights Ambassador of the year for 2003. Gil received the honour for his clear and courageous stance against the Azerbaijani regime´s gross violations of human rights, especially in the wake of the rigged mid-October elections. (06-JAN-04)
HRH nominates Human Rights Ambassador
In a modest pre-Christmas ceremony, HRH presented Steinar Gil, Norway´s Ambassador to Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan, with the foundation´s diploma as Human Rights Ambassador of the year for 2003. Gil received the honour for his clear and courageous stance against the Azerbaijani regime´s gross violations of human rights, especially in the wake of the rigged mid-October elections. (06-JAN-04)
Drug abusers’ rights and dignity
From January 1st 2004, Norway has ratified a new law concerning the treatment of drug
abusers. The new law entitles drug abusers to ordinary patients´ rights, equal to those of any
other patients. Egil Rafto House Foundation will focus upon the treatment of drug abusers
from a human rights perspective. (28-Dec-03)
Human rights observers educated in Bergen
Last autumn, the Department of comparative colitics at the University of Bergen and the Rafto House Foundation co-taught their course in human rights observation. Tanja Clifford, regional coordinator and human rights education officer for Amnesty International Norway sat through all three parts of the course; human rights in a historical perspective, human rights and good governance, and human rights and realpolitik. (28-DEC-03)
First International War Children Conference to be held in Canada
WCIP, the War and Children Identity Project, based at the Egil Rafto Human Rights House, works to secure war children´s right to nationality and identity. These are children whose parents belong on opposite sides or who face stigmatisation for reasons related to the situation under which they were conceived. WCIP will give a presentation at the first ever conference on such children, to take place in Montreal, Canada mid-March. (28-DEC-03)
Drug abusers’ rights and dignity
From January 1st 2004, Norway has ratified a new law concerning the treatment of drug abusers. The new law entitles drug abusers to ordinary patients´ rights, equal to those of any other patients. Egil Rafto House Foundation will focus upon the treatment of drug abusers from a human rights perspective. (28-Dec-03)
Online action for the Chechen Republic armed conflict victims
The Human Rights Network Group and its website Human Rights Online has initiated a public action for the Chechen Republic and a commemoration of the victims of the war there. The war, now in its tenth year, is still ongoing. (12-DEC-03)
Serbian Civil Council helps people to repair their homes
The Serbian Civil Council / Movement for Equality in Bosnia and Hercegovina protects citizens of all nations in Bosnia and Hercegovina. These days, the organisation is making a special effort to fund and in other ways help Serbian families repair their homes. (17-DEC-03)