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Equal Treatment Network: Attacks on the Estonian LGBT Association are unacceptable

16/10/2019

In recent weeks, attacks on the Estonian LGBT Association have increased in the form of a campaign by the Foundation … Continued

#equal-treatment #equal-treatment-network

First win for Marina and Jelena’s family at the court

17/09/2019

In Estonia, the married person who is a stay-home parent and raising a child generally has the health insurance covered … Continued

#lgbt #strategic-litigation

Justice gap: racism pervasive in criminal justice systems across Europe

16/09/2019

Institutional racism prevails in criminal justice systems across the EU and impacts how racist crimes are (not) recorded, investigated and … Continued

#hate-crime #hate-speech

Legal aid for asylum-seekers – UNHCR’s report on Estonia

27/08/2019

UNHCR together with partners in Estonia undertook a study to assess whether current law and practice regarding the provision of … Continued

#advice #humanrightsinestonia #refugees

Win for the same-sex couples

19/08/2019

State of Estonia decided to finally give the right of temporary residence to the registered same sex partners of Estonians … Continued

#civil-partnership-act #equal-treatment #humanrightsinestonia #lgbt

Fear of Foreigners and Strangers Derives from the Human Fear and Missing Experiences – thoughts from the Opinion Festival

15/08/2019

The Centre organized two panel discussions at the Value stage at the Opinion Festival, held by the seventh time in … Continued

#business-and-human-rights #diversity #diversity-charter #diversity-day #diversity-enriches #diversity-label

ToT training: Capacity and network building through knowledge sharing to address hate crimes, racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance

13/08/2019

We are pleased to invite civil society leaders and experts from the Baltic countries to apply to take part in … Continued

#equal-treatment

Your friend or family member can also belong to a minority – interview with our intern Õnnely

31/07/2019

The Estonian Human Rights Centre provides internship opportunities for active university students interested in human rights. This summer, we were … Continued

#diversity #equal-treatment #humanrightsinestonia

Our comments and opinion on the proposed Name Bill

31/07/2019

In modern democratic societies of today, the identity of a person, including their national or religious affiliation, gender or sexual … Continued

#humanrightsinestonia

Looking for hate speech and hate crime expert to carry out training in Tallinn this September

26/07/2019

The Estonian Human Rights Centre is implementing in cooperation with the Baltic Human Rights organizations a project “Police and NGO … Continued