News & statements

9/14/09
Letter to the Netherlands minister of foreign affairs on the conviction of human rights defender Yevgeni Zhovtis in Kazakhstan
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Обращение к государствам-участникам ОБСЕ: Отнеситесь к ситуации о признании виновным казахского правозащитника как к приоритетному делу
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Appeal to the OSCE participating States: Address the case of convicted Kazakh human rights defender as a matter of priority
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News & statements

9/14/09
Letter to the Netherlands minister of foreign affairs on the conviction of human rights defender Yevgeni Zhovtis in Kazakhstan
Read more » 9/9/09
Обращение к государствам-участникам ОБСЕ: Отнеситесь к ситуации о признании виновным казахского правозащитника как к приоритетному делу
Read more » 9/9/09
Appeal to the OSCE participating States: Address the case of convicted Kazakh human rights defender as a matter of priority
Read more »

Publications

IPHR recommends the following reports:


Helsinki Association of Armenia: Annual Report 2008 on Human Rights in the Republic of Armenia.

  • The report provides an overview of human rights developments in Armenia in the course of 2008.

Helsinki Association of Armenia: Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in the Republic of Armenia, September 2008. Available here as Word or PDF.

  • The report examines the implementation of international standards on torture and ill-treatment in Armenia, highlighting major concerns with respect to legislation and practice. It is based on information gathered by the Armenian Helsinki Association in its work (a central part of which is legal assistance to victims of abuse) during the period April 2007-April 2008.

Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) and Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF): Control and Punishment: Human Rights Implications of Russian Legislation on NGOs, February 2008. Available here as PDF.

  • The 32-page report examines the impact of the so-called Russian NGO law, which introduced significant changes to existing legislation on NGOs when it entered into force in April 2006, and which has become a tool of repression against civil society in Russia. The report was written by an IPHR consultant and reviewed and partly edited by MHG staff. It is largely based on information from the MHG and other Russian NGOs.

A press release on the report is available here.