16 March 2015
Ella Poliakova to visit the NHC
Conference on Prevention of Torture in Europe, 8 May in The Hague: Register Now!
11 March 2015
Registration is now open for the Conference on the Prevention of Torture in Europe, which the NHC organizes on 8 May, at the premises of and with the cooperation of The Hague University for Applied Sciences. Tajikistan discussed at Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: NGO perspective
06 March 2015
The situation with regard to economic, social and cultural rights in Tajikistan has been discussed during the 54th session of the UN Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights on February 24th and 25th in Geneva.Appeal for release of environmental campaigner Yevgeni Vitishko
18 February 2015
The NHC joined an appeal questioning the imprisonment of environmental campaigner Yevgeni Vitishko, a member of the Russian NGO Environmental Watch North Caucasus.Study Visit Albania – the Netherlands
26 January 2015
From 26 January until 30 January, an Albanian delegation visits the Netherlands for a study visit in the framework of the Matra CoPROL project promoting a victim-centred approach in trafficking cases.Sport for Rights Campaign Kicks Off
22 January 2015
As member of the international NGO coalition “Sport for Rights”, the NHC signed a joint statement to the president of the European Olympic Committee concerning the first European Games that are due to be held in Azerbaijan in June 2015.Hearings of Azerbaijan’s prisoners of conscience have started
22 January 2015
The preliminary hearing in the case of Rasul Jafarov, a prominent human rights defender and a prisoner of conscience, was held in Baku on January 15, 2015. Increasing Concern over Azerbaijani Human Rights Defenders
09 January 2015
The Netherlands Helsinki Committee is concerned about the further intensification of the Azerbaijani authorities’ campaign against human rights defenders towards the end of 2014. Civil society strengthened by new EU anti-money laundering directive
17 December 2014
One of the goals of the NHC is to enhance the capacity of civil society and strengthen its civil control over governments and institutions.Minister Koenders meeting with human rights defenders ahead of OSCE Ministerial Council
04 December 2014
On the eve of the Ministerial Council meeting of the OSCE in Basel, Netherlands Minister of Foreign Affairs Bert Koenders met with civil society human rights activists from a.o. Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Ukraine.
