Projects

Active projects

Empowering local organizations for advocacy on gender equality (as part of the action: Furthering Gender Equality through the EU Accession Process)

The overall objective of the Action is to increase participation of local CSOs in creating gender sensitive policies within the EU integration processes through joint advocacy initiatives. The long term aim is to enable knowledge sharing mechanism to exchange for lessons learned and best practices in advocating local needs and constraints of selected target groups […]

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Donator: Funded by the European Union and co-funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Timeframe: January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2024 Budget: 15.000 EUR

Enhancing Access to Justice in North Macedonia

MHC has been providing monitoring of human rights in North Macedonia since the beginning of its work, while starting from 2015 this service has been established a special program and tailored to the needs of the vulnerable and marginalized groups in the society. Since then the sustainability of this program is one of the main […]

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Donator: Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Timeframe: 01.12.2021-20.11.2022 Budget: 26.981 EUR

Anti-hate speech in Western Balkan

During the pandemic there was an evident rise of hate speech across the region of Western Balkans and it becomes evident that the public awareness for the recognition of various forms of discrimination and the possibility of its prevention and protection is low, especially in light to a health crisis like we have not faced […]

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Donator: Civil Rights Defenders Timeframe: July 2021- December 2024 Budget: Budget: 59.000 ЕУР

Против говорот на омраза во Западен Балкан

За време на пандемијата имаше евидентен пораст на говорот на омраза низ регионот на Западен Балкан и станува очигледно дека јавната свест за препознавање на различни форми на дискриминација и можноста за нејзино спречување и заштита е ниска, особено во однос на здравствената криза со каква што досега не сме се соочиле. Според сопствената мониторинг […]

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Donator: Civil Rights Defenders Timeframe: јули 2021- декември 2024 Budget: 59.000 ЕУР

Community-based legal empowerement in the process of deinstitutionalization

The project addresses the unequal access to services for children with disability and their families. Having in mind that the goal of the process of deinstitutionalization is providing help and support through the non-institutional forms of social protection, this project will provide direct legal aid and support to the children with disability and their families […]

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Donator: Unicef Timeframe: August 1 2019 - July 31, 2020 Budget: 2.063.342 MKD

Improved productivity through better labour legislation in North Macedonia (II)

The goal of the project is to increase the productivity of workers in North Macedonia by improving the legal framework for labour relations. The project shall provide a comprehensive overview of the current situation and it will give recommendations for the improvement of the legal framework in accordance with international standards. In addition, the project […]

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Donator: The Good Governance Fund of Great Britain Timeframe: 15.04.2019 – 31.03.2021 Budget: 188.320 GBP

Improved productivity through better labour legislation in Macedonia

The goal of the project is to increase the productivity of workers in Macedonia by improving the legal framework for labour relations. The project will provide two analyses which on the one hand will offer a comprehensive overview of the current situation and on the other hand will give recommendations for the improvement of the legal framework in accordance […]

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Donator: The Good Governance Fund of Great Britain Timeframe: 1.08.2018 – 31.03.2019 Budget: 56.122 GBP

Legal empowerment of textile workers for self-advocacy

The project, financed by FOSM, aims to prevent and reduce violations of labor rights of textile workers through their legal empowerment and documentation of cases of violation of their labour rights. The legal empowerment will include training of paralegals among the textile workers, which will work on raising awareness and informing the other textile workers regarding their […]

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Donator: FOSM Budget: 40.000 USD

Enhancing Human Rights

The aim of the Project is to strengthen the national anti-discrimination mechanisms through capacity building of the relevant state institutions and civil society organizations, as well as to further develop the legal framework and increase public awareness for these phenomena.The Project also aims to tackle hate crime and hate speech through improved legislation, awareness raising, continued capacity building and […]

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Donator: OSCE Mission Timeframe: 15.02.2019 – 15.12.2019 Budget: 27.500 EUR

Life behind bars!

The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights will implement a ten-month project to address the violations of prisoners’ human rights, which occur as a result of the corruption in the prison system in the Republic of Macedonia. Within the project, the Committee will monitor the situation and conditions in the penitentiary system through field visits to […]

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Donator: Тhe US Government through the US Embassy Timeframe: 15.08.2018 - 31.07.2019 Budget: 24.000 USD

Towards a safe, stimulating and rehabilitative prison environment for children and juveniles in conflict with the law in Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia (2017 – 2021)

This project is implemented by the Netherlands Helsinki Committee in partnership with the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia, the Albanian Helsinki Committee and the Kosovo Rehabilitation Center for torture victims. The Helsinki Committee, is a partner in implementing a regional project in order to contribute to the reform of the […]

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Donator: Тhe Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Netherlands Timeframe: May 2018 - May 2022 Budget: 28.575 EUR

Women have rights!

The project objective is to improve the mechanisms for protection of women’s rights in the country through several interventions. Initially, it develops capacities of CSO’s to use the Operational Protocol for CEDAW to initiate communications in front of the Committee; to advocate and represent women’s human rights in cases of gender-based discrimination and violence; to […]

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Donator: UnWomen (through EU financed programme) Timeframe: 01.01.2018 – 01.11.2019 Budget: 2.770.430 MKD

The time is now

“The Time is Now: Consolidating Regional Efforts for Advancing LGBTI Rights and Equality in the Western Balkans and Turkey”, is a regional project implemented by the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia – LGBTI Support Center; ERA-LGBTI Equal Rights Association for Western Balkans and Turkey, Serbia; IGLYO (Belgium) and other organizations […]

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Donator: EU Timeframe: 2018 - 2010 Budget: 1.100.000 EUR

Monitoring Hate Speech at a Local Level

The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights started the implementation of the 12 months project “Monitoring Hate Speech at a Local Level”. The main goal of this project is to provide a system for monitoring hate speech at local level. By carrying out the activities, the team will collect primary field data, and subject it to […]

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Donator: FOSM Timeframe: December 2018 - December 2019 Budget: 33.932 USD

Completed projects