Yearly Archives: 2016
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersNovember 2016
The UN Committee against Torture examines the situation in Turkmenistan
At its current session in Geneva, on 21-22 November 2016, the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) will examine the situation in Turkmenistan. The Committee...
UkraineEventsNovember 2016
Upcoming Hague event: The role of the ICC in promoting accountability in Ukraine
On 21 November 2016, an event will be organized in The Hague to discuss the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in promoting...
UkraineStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2016
Presentation of monitoring findings on war crimes and crimes against humanity in occupied Crimea
This week International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) will submit a communication to the office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
UzbekistanReports & Briefing PapersNovember 2016
Briefing paper for EU-Uzbekistan Human Rights Dialogue
The death of former President Islam Karimov has led to a period of political transition in Uzbekistan. However, the profound disregard for fundamental rights...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2016
Uzbekistan: 3 more years for long-held activist
(Brussels, November 4, 2016) – Uzbek authorities should immediately and unconditionally release imprisoned political activist Samandar Kukanov, whose sentence has been arbitrarily extended for...
AzerbaijanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsOctober 2016
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative requires significant reforms from Azerbaijan
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) has joined 17 other NGOs in welcoming the decision by the Board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2016
Uzbekistan: Human rights defender sentenced on politically motivated grounds released from prison
Yesterday, 25 October 2016, Uzbekistani human rights defender Bobumurad Razzokov was released on health grounds after spending three years in prison on trumped-up charges....
AzerbaijanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsOctober 2016
Azerbaijan: Letter to the Board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
Together with 17 other NGOs, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) has sent an open letter to the Board of the Extractive Industries Transparency...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2016
Kazakhstan: Freedom of assembly on trial – Proceedings against two human rights defenders to...
Geneva-Paris-Brussels-Almaty, 11 October 2016. The day before the trial against human rights defenders Max Bokayev and Talgat Ayan begins in Atyrau (Kazakhstan), national and...
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...