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Background: The Human Rights House in Bergen 2002
Read about the main activities and human rights focus of the organizations in the Human Rights House in Bergen. This document also presents two new organizations – the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Committee and Fredskorpset.File: Background 2002 (26-FEB-02)
Background: The Russian Research Center for Human Rights 2002
The human rights violations in the Chechen Republic were the most urgent problems facing human rights movement in the Russian Federation in 2002. This document presents these and other human rights challenges in the Russian Federation, as well as a summary of activities in the Russian Research Center for Human Rights. (26-FEB-03)
Background: The Human Rights House in Warsaw 2002
Republic of Poland faces many human rights challenges. Read about them, and the main activities of the organizations in the Human Rights House in Warsaw in 2002.
File: Background 2002 (26-FEB-03)
Background: The Norwegian Human Rights House 2002
The organizations in the Norwegian Human Rights House had a number of joint projects and activities in 2002. Read about the human rights situation in Norway, a joint conference on terrorism and human rights, support to human rights defenders in the Republic of Belarus and more…
File: Background 2002. (26 February, 2003)
Report from elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2002
The report from the general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which were held on October 5 2002, is available on the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s website . (20-FEB-03)
Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2002
The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina has published a report on the State of Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2002. Read the report (20-FEB-02)
Recommendations to the Norwegian Government on Human Rights in 2003
15 organizations from the “Norwegian NGO Forum” has made recommendations on human rights issues which the Norwegian Government should focus on in this year´s meeting in the UN Human Rights Commission. One of the issues is the situation for civilians in Iraq in case of a war. (20 February, 2003)
European Court of Human Rights to look at Chechnya
The Human Rights House Network meeting in Moscow in January praised the European Court of Human Rights’ decision to hear six cases where Russian forces are accused of human rights violations in the Chechen Republic. (20 February, 2003)
Protect the rights of civilians in Iraq
The Human Rights House Foundation and several other organizations express concern for civilians in Iraq in the case of a war. They ask the Norwegian authorities to do what they can to protect the rights of refugees, internally displaced persons and other particularly vulnerable groups, if Iraq is attacked. Read more. (Norwegian language). (6 February, 2003)
New organizations in Bergen
Norwegian People’s Aid and Micro-credits Bergen have left their offices in the Rafto House. However, two new organizations have moved in: Norwegian Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Committee and Fredskorpset . (30-JAN-03)
Protest against human rights violations in Chechnya
We, participants of the annual meeting of the Human Rights Houses Network, representatives of human rights organizations of Albania, Austria, Republic of Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Croatia, Republic of Kenya, Norway, Republic of Poland, the Russian Federation, express our deep concern about mass violations of human rights and humanitarian law in the Chechen Republic and the situation of internally displaced persons from the Chechen Republic. (Photo: Norwegian Helsinki Committee) (29 January, 2003)