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The President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Mogens Lykketoft, will hold a high-level thematic debate on human rights at the UN headquarters in New York 12-13 July. HRHN attend the event.

The United Nations Human Rights Council reminded the international community about the situation with human rights in Belarus today by adopting the Resolution that highlights a wide range of human rights violations in this country.

Савет па правах чалавека Арганізацыі Аб’яднаных Нацый нагадаў міжнароднай супольнасці аб сітуацыі з правамі чалавека ў Беларусі, прыняўшы сёння рэзалюцыю, якая асвятляе шырокі спектр парушэнняў правоў чалавека ў гэтай краіне.

The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution renewing the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Belarus for another year. The resolution also raises a wide range of human rights violations in the country and urges Belarus to enact reforms and to fully cooperate with the Special Rapporteur.

“HUMAN RIGHTS TO THE REGIONS” will conclude the South Caucasus Conference on Human Rights on the 12th of July.

The exhibition “Women Human Rights Defenders: Portraits of Strength” is being held from 30 June to 30 July 2016 at America House in Kyiv, Ukraine. It features 18 women human rights defenders in the Human Rights House Network, acknowledging the vital role that women play locally, nationally, and internationally in protecting and promoting human rights.

Human Rights House Voronezh has launched a campaign to raise 290,000 RUB (4,043 EUR) with crowdfunding. The amount will cover six months’ rent, secretary costs for the legal aid public reception office, and renovation of the co-working space.

244 civil society organisations, including HRHF, signed a letter calling for the members of the UN Human Rights Council to reject 15 amendments presented by the Russian Federation to a resolution on Civil Society Space. The letter can be read below.

Human rights defenders do not rule out a political motive in persecution of the blogger, but in order to get a clear vision of the situation they need an expert evaluation of his texts. However, at the moment it is difficult to call the case transparent.

Праваабаронцы не выключаюць палітычны матыў пераследу блогера, але для ацэнкі дадзенай крымінальнай справы маюць патрэбу ў экспертызе яго тэкстаў. Аднак на дадзены момант празрыстай сітуацыю назваць вельмі складана.

On 29 June, HRHF delivered a statement addressing the human rights situation in Ukraine and welcoming the report of the UN Human Rights Monitoring mission in the country. HRHF made this statement during the regular periodic update on Ukraine at the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council.

Civil society and national and international bodies have expressed concern at recent reforms in Poland and their impact on the rule of law. These reforms include changes to the functioning of the Constitutional Court, a law granting government control over TV and radio, a law granting additional powers of surveillance, and the merging of the functions of the Justice Minister and the formerly independent Prosecutor General.