In the course of 2014 convicts serving their prison sentence in the Kumanovo Prison turned to the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights. The prison started operating in September 2013, and was promoted by the government as a facility in compliance with the European standards. Among other things, it was announced that the prison has its […]
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The systematic attack on civil society as a whole, especially human rights activists, journalists, intellectuals and artists is unprecedented. Lately these attacks are intensified through extremely vulgar disqualifications, lies and manipulations aimed to discredit any attempt to think and speak differently from the government. Human rights, peace and stability in the Republic of Macedonia are […]
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At the end of the month of July, right before its collective annual leave, the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia adopted discriminatory provisions in the Law on Labour Relations. Namely, starting from August 2014, the workers, by means of written statement, may require an extension of the employment contract until up to 67 years […]
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This analysis is the outcome of the project “Monitoring of court proceedings in the area of fundamental civil and political rights and liberties”, which was supported by the USAID Civil Society Project implemented by the Foundation Open Society – Macedonia, and was conducted in the period from 1 September 2013 to 30 June 2014. The […]
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The report for 2013 is a summary of the work of the Committee throughout the year in terms of monitoring human rights and freedoms, which are also reported in the monthly reports. The assessment is that in 2013, as well as in the previous few years, serious violations of the freedoms and the rights of […]
This special analysis concerns hate crimes registered by the Macedonian Helsinki Committee during the course of 2013. It contains 116 incidents elaborated according to type, location, time of perpetration, biased motivation, number of victims and perpetrators, and the status of the cases. […]
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This publication was prepared within the project titled “Preparation of a strategic litigation document”, supported by ILGA Europe. The printing of this publication was financially supported by ILGA Europe. The official views expressed in this document do not represent the official views of ILGA Europe. The authors of the document express their great gratitude to […]
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The new draft-law on amendments to the Labor Law proposed by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia in November 2013 introduces a new labor right that can be used only by female workers, i.e. rights to unpaid paternal leave. The right to unpaid leave does not strengthen workers’ or parental rights due to the […]
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The Commission for Protection against Discrimination does not recognize the discrimination against persons treated for opioid addiction. In the opinion that it adopted after the complaint by the organization HOPS – Healthy Options, the Commission considers that it is neither disturbing nor discriminatory to treat these persons in a degrading manner when they receive health […]
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The Monthly report on the human rights situation in the Republic of Macedonia for October 2013 includes the following topics: Unconstitutional obstruction of the protest for support of the journalist Kezarovski; Overcrowding in the pre-trial detention units in prisons throughout the country; Insufficient transparency in the selection of candidates for employment from the socially vulnerable […]