Tag: human rights

The LGBT rights are not part of the agenda of political parties as was indicated by the analysis of the civil society organization “Subversive Front” which was made according to the questionnaires that were sent to political parties about the coverage of LGBT problems in their platforms. Members of “Subversive Front” have sent questionnaires to 31 political parties and have...

The Republic of Macedonia is committed to dealing with the migrant crisis while ensuring humane treatment, and in accordance with national laws and international conventions on human rights, reads the statement of the Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs after the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the UN Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein criticized the Macedonian authorities for their systematic...

In 2015 we were witnesses to the absolute abuse of the state system to strengthen the power of the ruling coalition, against the wishes and needs of the citizens who are completely lost in party-political discourse and lost already weak confidence in institutions, reads the statement of the Helsinki Human Rights Committee on the occasion of International Human Rights...

In the latest report released yesterday on the human rights situation in Macedonia, the United Nations Human Rights Committee demands from the authorities in the country to inform all citizens who have been targets of illegal wiretapping, so they are encouraged to use the legal mechanisms in order to counter the violations against the freedom of expression and privacy. ...

"In Macedonia, most of the human rights problems arise from significant levels of corruption and the failure of the Government to fully respect the rule of law, limits on freedom of the media, interference in the judiciary and selective investigations", reads the regular annual report of the State Department of the United States of America (USA) on the situation...

Recorded videos articles with larger number of citizens of Prilep, which present an objective picture of life in the city, as well as the violation of human and labor rights, were presented to the initiative "Social justice now," the open forum organized on topic "Social (in)justice in Prilep." According to event organizer, there is a huge dose of self-censorship among...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights today expressed deep concern over the political impasse in which Macedonia is trapped and its impact on human rights. Spokeswoman of the Commissioner Cécile Pouilly today in Geneva said that the High Commissioner was "particularly disturbed" by the content of the recently released recorded conversations that incriminate senior representatives for a number of human...

While my country, the Republic of Macedonia, is a member of the Human Rights Council, my fellow citizens face denial of their right to identity and language, said President of Macedonia Gjorgje Ivanov at the high segment of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, which held in Geneva. "Front pages are flooded with news of hundreds of thousands...