16 October 2013
Belarusian delegation to visit The Hague
Call against the use of psychiatry for political aims
15 October 2013
The NHC joined a call by members of the Civic Solidarity Platform against increasing usage of methods of punitive psychiatry in a number of post-Soviet states.CILC and the NHC support criminal justice reform in Mali
14 October 2013
At the invitation of the Malian Ministry of Justice, CILC (Center for International Legal Cooperation) and the NHC visited Mali for the duration of two weeks as part of the first stage of a study on the nation's criminal justice system.EU-Russia Civil Society Forum calls for cooperation and solidarity in face of worsening conditions
10 October 2013
On 5-7 October EU-Russia Civil Society Forum held its 4th General Assembly in The Hague (the Netherlands). More than 120 civil society actors from Russia and EU member states gathered at the Assembly, including both members of the Forum and organisations having an observer status. Education key in countering discrimination of LGBT persons
30 September 2013
In a side event at the 2013 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, the Netherlands Helsinki Committee explored the role of education in the discrimination of LGBT persons.Balkans ACT Now! presented at HDIM
30 September 2013
In a statement on 30 September, the NHC presented the Balkans ACT Now! project at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting of the OSCE.NHC comments on Netherlands human rights policy
24 September 2013
The Netherlands Helsinki Committee applauds the government statement that human rights are the cornerstone of the foreign policy of the Netherlands. For this statement to be made true, further integration of human rights in all aspects of foreign relations is needed.NGO’s from EU states and Russia to meet in The Hague
20 September 2013
From 5 till 7 October over 50 Russian Non-Governmental Organisations will visit The Hague to attend a Forum meeting with colleague organisations form the European Union. Important issues on the agenda are the mutual cooperation between these organisations and the relations between the Russian Federation and the EU.
