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The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) organized a seminar entitled ”Human Rights in the United Europe” from 11-13 April. More than 40 graduates from HFHR’s Human Rights School learned about EU institutions and human rights issues related to the EU.  (17 April, 2003)
 

According to the steering boards of the Helsinki Committees in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Replublika Srpska the human rights situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina has deteriorated since the general elections in October 2002. Returnees are exposed to violence, and religious objects are attacked in order to preserve “ethnically clean” territories. (15-APR-03)
 

According to the steering boards of the Helsinki Committees in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Replublika Srpska the human rights situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina has deteriorated since the general elections in October 2002. Returnees are exposed to violence, and religious objects are attacked in order to preserve “ethnically clean” territories. (15 April 2003)
 

Poland’s Government has sent its report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination to the UN. The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has published a counter report, which among other things draws attention to the existence of fascist organizations and the publishing of anti-Semitic materials. (14-APR-03)
 

Karen Lomeland Jacobsen from the Rafto Foundation’s student group criticizes the oil company TotalFinaElf for its involvement in searching for oil in Western Sahara. Western Sahara is occupied by Morocco, and UN recommends that use of natural resources such as oil be postponed until after the conflict is resolved.  Read more  in Norwegian language (14-APR-03)
 

How should the responsible for human rights violations in Iraq be brought to justice after the war? In an interview with the newspaper Vårt Land, Gunnar M. Karlsen from the Norwegian Helsinki Committee argues that a special Iraq court with broad international support should be established. Read the interview in Norwegian Language (14-APR-03)
 

How should the responsible for human rights violations in Iraq be brought to justice after the war? In an interview with the newspaper Vårt Land, Gunnar M. Karlsen from the Norwegian Helsinki Committee argues that a special Iraq court with broad international support should be established. Read the interview (14 April 2003, Norwegian language)

Karen Lomeland Jacobsen from the Rafto Foundation’s student group criticizes the oil company TotalFinaElf for its involvement in searching for oil in Western Sahara. Western Sahara is occupied by Morocco, and UN recommends that use of natural resources such as oil be postponed until after the conflict is resolved.  Read more (14 April, 2003, Norwegian language)

The Annual Report of the HRH Network is now available. (9 April, 2003)
 
 

The Secretary General of the International Society for Health and Human Rights (ISHHR), Ms. Nora Sveaass – statement against the ongoing war in Iraq. (9 April, 2003)

Imran Ezhiev, who was abducted by armed men in Shali Raion on 15 March, was found near the village of Berkat-Yurt early on 19 March. Ezhiev heads a local branch of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society and is also a coordinator in the Chechen Republic for the Moscow Helsinki Group. Read the letter from The Norwegian Helsinki Committee , 17 March, to the Russian President, Vladimir Putin. (24-MAR-03)
 

In 2002, no real progress was made in the area of protection of human rights and freedoms in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Read a summary of the human rights situation in BiH and activities in the Human Rights House in Sarajevo. File: Background 2002  (26-FEB-03)