26 January 2015
Study Visit Albania – the Netherlands
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. New Deadline of the Essay Contest on the Prevention of Torture
05 January 2015
The deadline of the essay contest on the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) is postponed to 15 February.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.Regional course on Advocacy and Policy Influencing for project monitoring partners
10 December 2014
From 17 until 19 November, the Netherlands Helsinki Committee organized a course on advocacy and policy influencing, which took place in Skopje, Macedonia.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.
