The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia and the Coalition “Sexual and Health Rights of Marginalized Communities” strongly condemn the statement of Diocesan Bishop of the Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand, Petar, who once again, within a short period of time the equality of women and the right […]
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The Network for Protection against Discrimination, after the public presentation of the Annual Report of the Commission against Discrimination for 2012 (the Report), concluded that it has several deficiencies that we would like to disclose to the public. A general remark is that the Report has no educative character and does not determine the discrimination […]
The Monthly report on the human rights situation in the Republic of Macedonia for February 2013 includes the following topics: Violations of the right to vote during theLocal elections 2013, Violent ethnic riots, Constitutional court delays its decision regarding the process of lustration, Discrimination against Roma in “Skopje City Mall”, Complaint for torture in the […]
The Network for Protection against Discrimination* at this moment has 14 active cases that are submitted to the Commission for Protection against Discrimination (The Commission), out of which in as much as 8 cases the deadline of 3 months has expired in which the Commission should determine whether there is discrimination. The deadline for taking […]
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The members of the Network for Protection against Discrimination[1] strongly condemn the event at the shopping mall Skopje City Mall, whose management through an e-mail sent to the firm Land Service, on January 9th 2013 asked the persons who are members of the Roma community not to be engaged in work tasks for maintaining hygiene […]
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Report on the visit of the Helsinki Committee to the special institutions and psychiatric hospitals in the Republic of Macedonia for 2011 and 2012 The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in July 2011 started with the implementation of the project “Monitoring the Implementation of the National Preventive Mechanism for Prevention of Torture or Inhuman or […]
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The Quarterly report on the human rights situation in the Republic of Macedonia for the period October-December 2012 includes the following topics: March for Tolerance “STOP Misoginy, Transphobia and Homophobia”, Citizens Initiative “AMAN”, Attack on the Constitutional Order | 24.12.2013 | Macedonian Assembly, Hate Speech, Violations of the Principle of Secularity of the State, Lustration, […]
The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia is greatly concerned about the latest political events in the country. Representatives of the Committee on 24.12.2012, during the protest of the “People’s Front” on one side, and supporters and members of the opposition on the other side, since its very beginning followed the […]
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Having monitored the events connected to the doctors’ strike and at the same time acting upon their request for legal assistance, the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia expresses its concerns about actions taken by the Ministry for Health, which point to abuse of competencies with “legal measures” for prevention of […]
During the marking of the “International Tolerance Day” on 17.11.2012 around 12:30 pm at the central square in Skopje, near the Stone Bridge, two activists – from the organizers of the “March for Tolerance” were physically assaulted. While the stands were being prepared with publication and brochures by the NGOs – participants in the march, […]