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).
programs
Educational programs
- 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
Public education
Intervention and monitoring programs
- 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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Statement of the Helsinki Committee in Poland regarding the death penalty2006-08-16 |
See also:
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- Protocol No. 6 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
- Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty
Helsinki Committee and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights statements
- HFHR: HFHR urgent letter to European Union regarding the Polish government's "blockade" of the EU initiative of establishing a Day Against the Death Penalty
2007-09-07
- HFHR: Open Letter to The President of Iraq Mr Jalal Talabani
2007-01-02
- HC: Declaration concerning the discussion on the restitution of the death penalty
2004-07-16
- HC: Statement of the Polish Helsinki Committee regarding the execution of Lobsang Dhondup
2003-01-30
- Kara śmierci w świetle doświadczeń współczesnych systemów prawnych. (Not available in English)
Mitera M., Zubik M., Warszawa 1998, [nr 22] (out of print)
News
- On 10.X. we celebrated – The Day against the Death Penalty
2007-10-11
Anyone who feels that he/she should express opposition to the death penalty and support for the idea of the European Day Against the Death Penalty can do so. Here is the
LINK2007-09-14
- Polish Press Agency (PAP): The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights to the EC regarding the death penalty
2007-09-10
- Shameful Execution
2007-01-04