24 November 2015
Helsinki Civil Society Award launched
New publication: The Human Rights Alternative Reporting Cycle
13 November 2015
The Human Rights Alternative Reporting Cycle is a step-by-step guide through the United Nations human rights reporting process for NGOs.Release publication ‘Promotion of the Rights of Trafficked Persons in Albania’
03 November 2015
In October, during the expert meeting in Tirana, the Center for Legal Civic Initiatives (CLCI) and NHC were pleased to present to participating judges, prosecutors and the School of Magistrates the final version of the legal analysis of the current situation in regard to the rights of victims of trafficking in Albania.HDIM side event on legal protection of trafficked persons
23 October 2015
The need to improve access of trafficked persons to legal counseling and aid was the theme of an NHC-organized side event at the 2015 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting.Commemoration of “disappearances” in Belarus
21 September 2015
On 16 September, four enforced disappearances which took place in Belarus in 1999 and 2000 were commemorated in the Dutch city of Eindhoven.NHC to take part in Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
14 September 2015
As in previous years, the NHC will be represented at the annual OSCE ODIHR Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, to be held in Warsaw from 21 September to 2 October. The NHC is involved in the organization of three specific events during this year's meeting.Publication: Promoting a Victim Centred Approach in Trafficking Cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina
03 August 2015
The research "Promoting a Victim Centred Approach in Trafficking Cases" assesses the treatment of trafficked persons in criminal and other relevant legal proceedings and their access to legal aid and representation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.NHC calls on the IOC to promote implementation of international human rights standards by Kazakhstan
27 July 2015
The Netherlands Helsinki Committee has joined the campaign by the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law and called on the International Olympic Committee to promote implementation of international human rights standards by the Kazakhstani Government.Stricter controls needed to avoid transborder corruption and excessive environmental damage in investment projects in Russia
30 June 2015
Better safeguards are needed against international complicity in the use of opaque and improper procedures in realizing large scale extraction and industrial projects in Russia. These procedures, as well as the track record of Russian counterparts, give rise to suspicions of involvement in corruption from the side of international partners.Human rights defenders’ solidarity match for Azerbaijan
26 June 2015
As the first-ever European Games continue, the Netherlands Helsinki Committee, Justice and Peace and human rights defenders from all over the world gathered for a solidarity sports event in the Royal Noordeinde Palace Garden in The Hague on the 20th of June.
