The Centre for European Transformation has prepared a research report of potential and opportunities for launching in Belarus the mechanisms to enjoyment of human rights by persons with disabilities.
17.06.2017 | 07:00
Despite the formal adherence to international standards our country continues to consider the issue of disability from a social rather than a legal point of view.
04.12.2016 | 09:12
The current situation leaves Interagency Plan of Implementation of Recommendations for Belarus from UN mechanisms, "a paper to be shelved, box-ticking".
06.11.2016 | 10:15
The human rights mission Human Constanta, which studies the life of refugees from the North Caucasus in Brest, presented a report on the situation at the Belarusian-Polish border.
02.11.2016 | 10:10
Death penalty has been performed nearly 400 times in our country Since 1991. This year alone, three people were sentenced to death and one was executed by shooting.
13.10.2016 | 07:28
Dozens of activists remain in Armenian prisons, the police carries out political orders of the ruling elite, stresses a representative of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum released on bail.
05.09.2016 | 08:40
The court has recognised 9 articles published on 1863x.com as extremist. The decision was based on the conclusion of the examination. Palchys’ lawyer is going to appeal the decision.
26.08.2016 | 10:02
A large portion of media remains afloat thanks to Western assistance. However, the West should also help create conditions conducive to the development of regional publications.
02.08.2016 | 09:14
What is it like to be thrown into a Belarusian jail? Political prisoners tell their stories in a reportage by the Ekaterina Loushnikova, a radio and print journalist based in Kyiv.
27.07.2016 | 10:31
Ales Bialiatski, chairman of the Human Rights Center "Viasna", has sent a corresponding petition to the Minister of the Interior and the Prosecutor General.
26.07.2016 | 10:13
A visitor to Minsk might conclude from its calm appearance that the human rights situation had changed. But beneath the surface, the invisible threat of surveillance keeps civil society in check.
25.07.2016 | 10:24
Belarusian authorities are unlikely to sentence Eduard Palchys to a serious prison term and he may end up with a fine or suspended sentence. The European Union has no appetite for escalating the tensi
23.07.2016 | 10:06
On July 17, an armed group seized the building of the Patrol-Guard Service Regiment in Erebuni district of Yerevan. First National Security Service reported about "an armed group", then – "terrorists"
21.07.2016 | 08:00
Amnesty International has accused Belarus authorities of using phone networks run by some of the world’s biggest telecoms companies to stifle free speech and dissent.
15.07.2016 | 12:02
Belarusian human rights fighters, as well as Miklos Haraszti, don’t see systematic changes of the human rights situation in Belarus.
08.07.2016 | 15:43
UN HRC renewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus for one year. The corresponding decision was made on July 1, 2016 at the UN HRC Session in Geneva.
03.07.2016 | 08:16
He said Belarus would likely face economic tightening not only as a result of the coronavirus pandemic but also a Russian trade oil crisis that worsened this past winter.
In his report, philosopher Gintautas Mažeikis discusses several concepts that have been a part of the European social and philosophical thought for quite a time.
It is impossible to change life in cities just in three years (the timeline of the “Agenda 50” campaign implementation). But changing the structure of relationships in local communities is possible.