In accordance with Resolution 836 (IX) adopted on December 14th 1954 by the General Assembly of the UN, today the International Children’s Day is marked. On this date the International Declaration for Children’s Rights was adopted by member-states of UN on November 20th 1959 as an unbinding document, after which followed the adoption of the […]
On the 16th of November 2013, the Helsinki Committee for human rights of the Republic of Macedonia and the LGBTI Support Centre, in cooperation with fourteen other civil organizations, held the March of Tolerance for the fifth time, decisively saying NO to violence, which is becoming a part of everyday life in our society.The March, […]
Exactly one year since the opening of the LGBTI Support Center, after the frightening homophobic atmosphere and the five attacks, we continue on our way towards the goal that we have set out since the beginning: Equality for all people in the Republic of Macedonia. In anticipation of the reopening of the Center in the […]
Today, October 23rd 2013, contrary to the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia, the Criminal Code and the Law on Public Gatherings, police officers prevented a peaceful protest from taking place and restricted the free movement of citizens. The protest was announced yesterday through the media by the Initiative Board for the Release of the […]
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The Helsinki Committee has been following the case of the journalist Tomislav Kezharovski since the beginning and has already reacted twice regarding the imposition and extension of the pre-trial detention measure, stating that courts have adopted those decisions in a procedure contrary to the European Convention of Human Rights and the case law of the […]
The Monthly report on the human rights situation in the Republic of Macedonia for September 2013 includes the following topics: Increased number of hate crimes and incidents, Initiative to the Constitutional Court regarding the Law on Termination of Pregnancy, Judicial precedent with the international monitoring of the conditions in pretrial detention facilities, The persons with […]
The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia monitored yesterday’s protest of citizens with impaired hearing (deaf and hard of hearing persons), which took place in front of the Ministry for Labor and Social Policy and in front of the National Association for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons. Based on the […]
The Bimonthly report on the human rights situation in the Republic of Macedonia for the period July – August 2013 includes the following topics: Incidents caused by religious hatred and intolerance; Initiative for constitutional defining of marriage solely as a community between a man and a woman; Case Tomislav Kezarovski: Detention measure for a journalist […]
The Quarterly report on the human rights situation in the Republic of Macedonia for the period April-June 2013 includes the following topics: March Local elections 2013: Violations to the right to vote; University for Information Science and Technology “St. Paul the Apostle” Ohrid; Violations to the right to assembly and violent protests; Lustration; Protection of […]
The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, acting upon the request for free legal assistance by Mrs. Marina Kezarovska, the performed review of the submitted documentation from the case of Tomislav Cezarovski, established that the Criminal Council adopted the decisions in a procedure and in a manner which is contrary to the European Convention on Human […]