“Women and girls are calling out abusive behaviour and discriminatory attitudes. And let’s be clear the central question we face is a question of power. Power is normally never given, power normally needs to be taken.” “We live in a male-dominated world with a male-dominated culture. And that is why the empowerment of women and […]
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Monthly report for February, 2018 on the situation at the border crossings Gevgelija and Kumanovo includes the following topics: Available facilities and conditions at the camp, Institutional treatment and irregular migration. The report can be downloaded at the following link. Gevgelija The situation with the RTC Vinojug, Gevgelija, over the course of February 2018, was more […]
This report is the outcome of the “Prevention of Discrimination and Tackling Hate Crime/Hate Speech” Project which was financially supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje, and was conducted in the period from 1 January to 31 December 2017. The project aimed to tackle the issue of hate crime and hate speech through improved legislation, […]
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Protection of the rights of migrants who transit through Macedonia and Serbia The purpose of this report is to present the current situation in regards to the respect of human rights and freedoms of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers who transit through or reside in Serbia and Macedonia. The data in this report are obtained […]
Upon receiving information about a case of sexual abuse of a juvenile protégé of the Public Institution for care of children with educational and social problems “May 25”, with indications of involvement of employees in the institution, the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia turned to the Ministry of Labor and […]
The Helsinki Committee of Human Rights expresses its support for 200 male and female workers who have been on strike for 15 days due to failure of the Veibo Group textile factory to pay their salaries and contributions. Namely, as the Association Glasen Tekstilec (en: Loud Textile Worker) from Štip has learnt, this factory failed […]
Just recently I decided to watch the old Blade Runner (1982) again. The only things I remembered from the first time I watched this cult film ages ago were the sinister mood and the magnificent music, along with the fable-like, nearly childish moral about what it means to be human, in the ethical sense of […]
Monthly report for January, 2018 on the situation at the border crossings Gevgelija and Kumanovo includes the following topics: Available facilities and conditions at the camp, Institutional treatment and irregular migration. Gevgelija Over the course of the month the situation in the camp was peaceful, without significant changes. A family from Afghanistan, a mother with […]
The Helsinki Committee of Human Rights has reacted severely regardinga case of incorrect application of provisions related to annual leave pay for workers who have been on parental leave, who in the Republic of Macedonia are most often women. In the past period the Helsinki Committee of Human Rights has registered cases of inconsistent application […]
Monthly report for December, 2017 on the situation at the border crossings Gevgelija and Kumanovo includes the following topics: Available facilities and conditions at the camp, Institutional treatment and irregular migration. Gevgelija Over the course of December 2017 the situation in the camp remained relatively unchanged compared to the previous month. The number of refugees […]