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The 5 of May Council of Europe Founding Day. On this day in 1949, the Treaty of London that later became the Statute of the Council of Europe was signed. |
The 12 of May Helsinki Movement Day. On this day in 1976, Yuri Orlov and his comrades established a group to monitor compliance with the human rights provisions of the Helsinki Final Act in the USSR. The Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) was the first Helsinki Watch organization in the world. |
The 15 of May International Conscientious Objector Day, decided on in 1985 by groups affiliated to War Resisters International, highlights that the issue of conscientious objection is not a national, but an international issue. |
The 28 of May Day of Amnesty International. On this day in 1961, British lawyer Peter Benenson called for an international campaign against “prisoners of conscience” after he read about two Portuguese students sentenced to seven years in prison for the crime of raising their glasses in a toast to freedom. From this efforts Amnesty International, the largest Human Rights organization in the world, was born. |
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On May 4 at 1 p.m. the press-conference of the Network "Freedom, Legality and Rights in Europe – FLARE” is to take place in the Independent Press Centre |
PTPI invites qualified applicants of TFAS to apply for PTPI scholarships. The scholarships are $500.00 each and up to four (4) will be selected annually. Each award will be sent to the scholarship winner. Acceptance to TFAS Program will be confirmed before any funds are approved. |
all advertisements ÍÎÂÎÑÒÈ:Youth meeting “Intercultural and Interreligious Diologue v.s. Hate-motivated Violence in Europe” took place on 21-26 April in Bakuriani, Georgia. The major topics of the meeting were: the level of right-wing extremists’ violence in Europe, European and national legislation that addresses hate crimes, methods of counteracting that are available for the youth sector of civil society in Europe. |
On 27th of April, 2009, government and civil society experts from Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia and Ukraine began a three-day meeting in Vilnius to discuss improving human rights education for young people. |
The spring session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) opened in Strasbourg. Almost all issues considered by it concern Russia – either expressly or by implication. The most important of them is the reform of the European Court of Human Rights which is for three years in succession blocked by the Russian Federation alone. Having despaired to over persuade Moscow, the Council of Europe member states have found a solution how to do without it. |
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