Human rights for education: achievements, problems, implementation

2021-11-26T10:48:13+01:002. December 2017|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

On October 14 a “round table” was held on the theme “Human rights for education: achievements, problems, implementation” in Brest. Both bold proposals and objective information on the state of affairs were sounded. The organizer of the event was the Republican Public Association for the Human Rights Protection (section of the International Society for Human Rights). The chairman of the organizing committee was professor Ivan Kotlyar, who introduced “round table” attendees to the problem.

The way of the last political prisoner in the USSR Mikhail Kukabaka

2021-11-26T10:48:42+01:0010. September 2017|Tags: , , |

When I look back through many years of my work in the ISHR, I see that there were human rights defenders in Central and Eastern Europe countries, but no region has so many prominent human rights activists as the Russian-speaking space. Karl Hafen (former executive secretary, now treasurer of the ISHR (Germany), from the report at the international scientific seminar on the theme: “The role of the public and public

Death penalty in Belarus: the positions of the president and the ISHR (Belarus)

2021-11-26T10:48:58+01:0022. July 2017|Tags: , , , , |

Belarus today is the only country in Europe where the death penalty exists. From 1990 to the present, more than 400 people have been sentenced and only one of them has been replaced by a sentence of imprisonment. At the referendum on November 24, 1996, 17.93% of voters expressed their opinion on the abolition of the death penalty, while 80.44% opposed them. The President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander

Results of the meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Minsk

2021-11-26T10:49:01+01:0014. July 2017|Tags: , , , , , , |

From July 5 to July 9, a summer session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly was held in Minsk attended by about 300 deputies from 57 countries. As a result of the discussions, resolutions and a declaration were adopted. The declaration formulates recommendations for national governments, parliaments and the international community to respond to the pressing challenges and threats facing them. Thus, parliamentarians noted with concern the existing security challenges throughout

Belarus MFA commented to the extension of the mandate of the special rapporteur on human rights

2021-11-26T10:49:07+01:004. July 2017|Tags: , , , , , |

The statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus says that the adoption by the UN Human Rights Council of a resolution on the mandate extension of the special rapporteur on human rights in Belarus for a year is a sign of double standards. I think that getting acquainted with the statement will be useful for readers of the site. I. Kotlyar, Professor, Chairman of the Board of the

Institute of the Ombudsman in the Republic of Belarus: position of the Belarusian Section of the ISHR

2021-11-26T10:49:07+01:003. July 2017|Tags: , , , |

Institute of the Ombudsman in the Republic of Belarus: position of the Belarusian Section of the ISHR In the Republic of Belarus there is currently no ombudsman institution, which is the most important element in the national system for the protection of human rights. The first attempt to approve such an institution in the Republic of Belarus was made in 1996, when the Law “On the Commissioner for Human Rights

Round table of representatives of public organizations on the implementation of socio-economic rights was held in Brest, Belarus

2021-11-26T10:49:32+01:0031. May 2017|Tags: , , , , |

A round table of representatives of public organizations on the implementation of socio-economic rights was held on 26 May, 2017 in the city Brest. The meeting was organized by the Brest regional group of the Belarusian section of the ISHR. (translate) Types of human rights and fundamental freedoms Economic rights | Social rights

“Human rights and education of the person” republican seminar was held by the ISHR (Belarus)

2021-11-26T10:49:51+01:0023. April 2017|Tags: , , , |

The republican scientific seminar for high school lecturers was held following the initiative of Professor Kotlyar I.I., the chairman of the board of the Belarusian section of the ISHR on 24 march 2017 in Brest (Belarus). Professor Kotlyar I.I. was also the chairman of the seminar’s organizing and executing committee. The theme of the seminar was “Human rights and education of the person”. The speaking of Professor

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