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The I edition of the Refugee and Migration Law Clinic organised by the Helsinski Foundation for Human Rights will begin on 1 March. Recruitment for the clinic will be held until the end of February. (14-JAN-06)

From 15th December there is an opportunity to see at the Dom Kultury Srodmiescie Nick Danziger’s photography exhibition CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE. (29-DEC-05)

The 2nd session of the 4th International Advanced Course on Human Rights, organized by Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, was completed on 10 December. 48 people from countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States participated in the course. (29-DEC-05)

5th International Film Festival “Human Rights in Film” organised by Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights took place in Warsaw between December 9th and 17th, 2005. This year’s festival program, just as in previous years, consisted of documentary films and reportages. The main themes were Bielarus, Ukraine, Russia; human rights defenders; Sub-saharan Africa; the right to fair trial; Bosnia: 10 years after Srebrenica; Iraq; Kurds; the right to work and genocide. (23-DEC-05)

On 2 – 4 December 2005, already for the sixteenth time, an assembly was held in Warsaw for the Graduates of the Human Rights School, organised by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. (17-DEC-05)

18 November 2005 International Helsinki Federation (IHF) during its annual meeting of all members distinguished Yevgeniy Zhovtis the 2005 IHF Recognition Award. In previous years Yuri Schmidt, Catherine Fitzpatrick, Talib Yakubov, the Human rights group Memorial (Nazran) and the Society of Russian-Chechen Friendship received the award. (02-DEC-05)

“We feel an obligation to remind the authorities and the public opinion that free civil debate, devoid of censorship, in which everyone can participate under equal rights presenting their argumentation and views for public judgment, is the foundation of democracy. The language of these debates consists in, among others, demonstrations, meetings and marches.” (26-NOV-05)

The Human Rights Monitoring Manual by Marek Nowicki and Zuzanna Fialova was translated to and published in Spanish. The publication was the result of the cooperation between Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) and Inter-American Institute of Human Rights, Costa Rica. (18-NOV-05)

On 25 October in Strasbourg, ambassador Piotr Switalski – a representative of the Polish government at the Council of Europe – signed the revised European Social Charter. Now this document must be ratified by the Polish parliament.  (11-NOV-05)