We are an organisation established in 1989 by the members of the Helsinki Committee in Poland.
Our mission is - the development of the human liberties and rights culture, both domestically and abroad.
Since 2007 we have Consultative Status with the United Nation's Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
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- Currently conducted short-term projects
- Human Rights Workshops for Students
- International Summer School on Human Rights
- The “Innocence” Clinic
- The Human Rights Training Centre
- Viridarium
- Workshops for Young Journalists POLIS
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- Child rights
- Human rights and settlements with the past
- Legal assistance to Refugees and Migrants
- Marek Nowicki Small Grants Fund
- National Focal Point RAXEN
- Public interest law actions
- Strategic Litigation Program
- The rights of minorities
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HFHR letter to the daily “Gazeta Wyborcza” regarding the publication of information about the ethnic origin of suspects2007-07-26 An article appeared on 24 July 2007 in the daily "Gazeta Wyborcza" about a gang of Roma that recruited Poles to work in Sweden and then forced them to take part in committing crimes. The case was also the topic of the TV magazine "Uwaga", broadcast by the television station TVN. Without undermining in the slightest degree the significance of the problem that was presented in the article and the television program, or the need to inform the public about the existence of such practices, we generally wish to draw attention to the issue of presenting information about the ethnic origin of suspects. |
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HFHR programs:
Helsinki Committee and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights statements
- HC: Helsinki Committee statement regarding the persecutor verifying proceedings in connection with the publication of the book by Jan Tomasz Gross entitled “Fear”
2008-01-18
- HFHR: HFHR open letter – position regarding the issue of legal liability of journalists for defamation
2007-11-05
- HFHR: Request to the Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection to consider approaching the CT with a motion to inspect the regulatory compliance of the act – Law on Cooperative Societies – with the Constitution
2007-07-13
- HFHR: Letter to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers regarding the EU Directive 2000/43/WE
2006-08-18
- HFHR: Letter to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers regarding the progress status of the work on the establishment of an office for counteracting discrimination based on race and ethnic origin
2006-07-04
- HC: Statement of the Polish Helsinki Committee regarding the verdict sentencing Andrzej Lepper
2006-05-09
- HC: Open Letter of the Helsinki Committee to the editorial staff of "Newsweek"
2004-04-06
- HC: Open letter to the Minister of Justice, the General Prosecuting Attorney
2002-02-06
- Ochrona praw osób należących do mniejszości narodowych. (Not available in English)
Warszawa 1995, [nr 12] (out of print) - Raport o sytuacji osób należących do mniejszości narodowych i etnicznych w Polsce. (Not available in English)
oprac. Janusz G., Warszawa 1994, [nr 8] (out of print)
News
- Polish Press Agency about "Getting Acquainted - Diversity, Understanding, Openness" project
2007-10-01
- New Report of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency
2007-08-30
- The daily “Gazeta Wyborcza”: "It’s better not to build walls"
2007-08-06
- The daily "Dziennik" on the issue of presenting the nationality of criminals
2007-08-02