18 February 2015
Appeal for release of environmental campaigner Yevgeni Vitishko
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.EU-Russia civil society contacts to be further strengthened
01 December 2014
The potential of cooperation of independent civil society organisations across Europe needs to be exploited more fully.Tajikistan: Drop draft legislation restricting NGO access to funding
26 November 2014
Almost a hundred civil society groups called on the government of Tajikistan to drop new restrictive draft legislation on NGOs and to respect the right of NGOs to have unhindered access to funding for their work. Regional Conference “Access to the right to compensation for victims of human trafficking in the region”
20 November 2014
On 17 and 18 October, the regional Conference "Access to the right to compensation for victims of human trafficking in the region", was organized by ASTRA Anti-Trafficking Action from Serbia and its partners from the region, France and the Netherlands.
