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Helsinki Committee for Human Rights

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The Helsinki Committees for Human Rights exist in many European countries (the OSCE region) as volunteer, non-profit organizations devoted to human rights and presumably named after the Helsinki Accords. [1]

26 relations: Belarusian Helsinki Committee, British Helsinki Human Rights Group, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, Civil Rights Defenders, Croatian Helsinki Committee, Czech Helsinki Committee, Czechoslovakia, Europe, Helsinki Accords, Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly, Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia, Helsinki Watch, Human rights, Human Rights Watch, Hungarian Helsinki Committee, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, Lithuanian Helsinki Group, Moscow Helsinki Group, Nonprofit organization, Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Poland, Soviet Union, Ukrainian Helsinki Group, United Kingdom, Vienna.

Belarusian Helsinki Committee

The Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC) is a non-governmental human rights organization established in 1995 and the sole remaining independent human rights group in Belarus.

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British Helsinki Human Rights Group

The British Helsinki Human Rights Group is an Oxford-based non-governmental organization which monitors human rights in the 56 participating States of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

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Bulgarian Helsinki Committee

The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee is an independent non-governmental organization for human rights founded on July 14, 1992 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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Civil Rights Defenders

Civil Rights Defenders (Formerly the Swedish Helsinki Committee) is an international non-governmental organisation based in Stockholm, Sweden that does human rights work with a focus on civil and political rights.

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Croatian Helsinki Committee

The Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (CHC; Hrvatski helsinški odbor, HHO) is an organisation founded to protect and promote human rights in Croatia.

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Czech Helsinki Committee

The Czech Helsinki Committee is a non-governmental non-profit organization for human rights.

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia, or Czecho-Slovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko), was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the:Czech Republic and:Slovakia on 1 January 1993.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Helsinki Accords

The Helsinki Accords, Helsinki Final Act, or Helsinki Declaration was the final act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe held in Finlandia Hall of Helsinki, Finland, during July and August 1, 1975.

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Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly

The Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly (hCa) is an organization of citizens dedicated to peace, democracy and human rights in Europe.

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Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia

The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia (Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava u Srbiji) is a volunteer, non-profit organization concerned with human rights issues in Serbia.

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Helsinki Watch

Helsinki Watch was a private American NGO established by Robert L. Bernstein in 1978, designed to monitor the former Soviet Union’s compliance with the 1975 Helsinki Accords.

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Human rights

Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, December 13, 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,, Retrieved August 14, 2014 that describe certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected as natural and legal rights in municipal and international law.

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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.

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Hungarian Helsinki Committee

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) is a non-governmental human rights organization founded in 1989 and based in Budapest, Hungary.

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International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights

The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) was a self-governing group of non-governmental organizations that act to protect human rights throughout Europe, North America and Central Asia.

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Lithuanian Helsinki Group

The Lithuanian Helsinki Group (full name: the Public Group to Promote the Implementation of the Helsinki Accords in Lithuania; Helsinkio susitarimų vykdymui remti Lietuvos visuomeninė grupė) was a dissident organization active in the Lithuanian SSR, one of the republics of the Soviet Union, in 1975–81.

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Moscow Helsinki Group

Today the Moscow Helsinki Group (also known as the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group, Моско́вская Хе́льсинкская гру́ппа) is one of Russia's leading human rights organisations.

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Nonprofit organization

A non-profit organization (NPO), also known as a non-business entity or non-profit institution, is dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a shared point of view.

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Norwegian Helsinki Committee

The Norwegian Helsinki Committee is a Non-Governmental Organization founded in 1977, working to ensure that human rights are respected in practice.

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Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world's largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization.

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Poland

Poland (Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country located in Central Europe.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Ukrainian Helsinki Group

The Ukrainian Helsinki Group (Українська Гельсінська Група) was founded on November 9, 1976 as the “Ukrainian Public Group to Promote the Implementation of the Helsinki Accords on Human Rights” (translit) to monitor human rights in Ukraine.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Vienna

Vienna (Wien) is the federal capital and largest city of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki_Committee_for_Human_Rights

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