History and activities of the UNHCR in Estonia and worldwide
What does UNHCR work for? The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, … Continued
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We are ready to help Ukrainian political refugees
In the light of recent developments, human rights violations and use of excessive force in Kiev, the Estonian Human Rights … Continued
Training seminar on equal treatment
Institute of Baltic Studies, Tallinn University Institute of International and Social Studies and Estonian Human Rights Centre invite you to … Continued
Fear, isolation and discrimination common in Europe’s LGBT community
The EU’s largest LGBT hate crime and discrimination online survey ever conducted shows that many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender … Continued
Refugee organizations: Estonia needs independent border monitoring
Organizations dealing with the issues of asylum seekers and refugees in Estonia are calling for the state to allow independent … Continued
New projects in EHRC
Two new co-operation projects started in April: “Equal treatment network” in co-operation with Estonian Women’s Roundtable, Estonian Chamber of Disabled … Continued
About the awareness raising campaign on forced migration
Estonian Human Rights Centre launched an awareness raising campaign on refugees in March. The managers of the campaign wrote a … Continued
Estonian Human Rights Centre became a member of the ELENA network
In March 2013 EHRC became a national co-ordinator of European Legal Network on Asylum (ELENA) that is a network under European Council on … Continued
Campaign brings refugees into focus
On Monday, March 18 the Estonian Human Rights Centre started a national campaign calling attention to refugees and the causes … Continued
Year 2012 in the Equal Treatment Program
In 2012 there were several projects carried out in the Equal Treatment Program: monitoring the implementation of the Council of … Continued