ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanMoldovaRussiaTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraineUzbekistanOther countriesEventsDecember 2014
Speech at Council of Europe event: Human rights challenges facing Europe
At its meeting in Paris on 10 December 2014, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanMoldovaRussiaTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraineUzbekistanOther countriesEventsMarch 2010
2010 One World International Human Rights Awards announced – IPHR director on Jury
The 12th One World International Human Rights Film Festival was held between 10 and 18 March 2010 in Prague, the Czech Republic. IPHR director...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsOctober 2016
Obtaining compensation for moral harm sustained through torture: Progress and challenges
A new newsletter published by the NGO coalitions against torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and International Partnership...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2013
Kyrgyzstan: Russia-style NGO law poses a threat to human rights and democratization
We, members of the Civic Solidarity Platform, are concerned about the recent legislative initiative to restrict NGO activity in Kyrgyzstan and appeal to members...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanEventsJune 2012
EU-Central Asia: Placing Human Rights at the Heart of EU Action
This month it is five years since the EU adopted its Strategy for a New Partnership with Central Asia. The Strategy identifies human rights...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2012
Civil Society Appeal Five Year Anniversary of EU Central Asia Strategy: Placing Human Rights...
It is five years since the EU adopted its Strategy for a New Partnership with Central Asia. As EU foreign ministers prepare to take...
KyrgyzstanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2010
Human Rights Day: Central Asian human rights defenders continue to face serious challenges
Brussels, 10 December 2010. Today is Human Rights Day, which this year is celebrated with the particular aim of recognizing and acclaiming the achievements...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanEventsOctober 2016
Briefing assessed torture prevention in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
On 23 September 2016, a briefing to discuss the prevention of torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan was organized at the OSCE Human Dimension...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2016
OSCE HDIM statement: Torture and ill-treatment in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Torture and ill-treatment including the use of electric shock, suffocation, rape and beatings continue to be reported from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Since January...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusKazakhstanKyrgyzstanMoldovaRussiaTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraineUzbekistanEventsSeptember 2014
OSCE conference: Statements on human rights trends in the post-Soviet region
The annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, the largest annual human rights conference in Europe, will take place in Warsaw on 23 September-3 October...