We are glad to inform you that registration is now open for ENNHRI’s Stakeholder Conference on The Human Rights of Older Persons and Long-term Care, which will take place in Brussels on 28th November 2017. As well as summarising the key findings from the project, which comes to an end in (...) Read more
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Agenda
October 28, 2017
Stakeholder Conference on The Human Rights of Older Persons and Long-term Care
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October 3, 2017
Let’s speak about the migrants’ right to information!
National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) from Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Slovenia and Ukraine joined forces to monitor and evaluate migrants’ access to information regarding their rights, in several detention and... Read more
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October 3, 2017
Human Rights in Long-term Care in Europe: State of Play
The United Nations celebrates the International Day of Older Persons on the 1st October each year to appreciate the contributions that older persons make to society, such as volunteering, caring for other family members and friends, working in paid employment, creating paid employment for... Read more
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October 2, 2017
Strengthening the capacity of NHRIs in the area of Economic, Social and Cultural rights
On 25 and 27-29 September, in Riga, Latvia, staff of 13 National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) from across wider Europe received training on economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR) during a workshop facilitated by the Danish Institute for Human Rights, and the US-based Centre for... Read more
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September 12, 2017
25-29 September: All lights on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR)
On 25-29 September, a face-to-face workshop on ESCR will take place in Riga (Latvia), hosted by the Ombudsman of Latvia. 15 participants from NHRIs across Europe will participate in the training, which constitutes the second part of the Blended Learning Course on ESCR, under the NHRI.EU... Read more
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September 4, 2017
ENNHRI 3 - registration now open
We are glad to inform you that registration is now open for ENNHRI’s General Assembly Seminar and Meeting (ENNHRI 3) which will take place in Brussels, on 29 and 30 November 2017.
ENNHRI 3 will consist of a Seminar on NHRIs’ engagement with the EU (on 29 November) followed by the General... Read more -
July 25, 2017
The role of International Human Rights Mechanisms and NHRIs in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda
At a joint side-event, organised on 13 July, on the occasion of the 2017 High Level Political Forum (the main UN platform dealing with sustainable development) GANHRI, UNDP and OHCHR representatives examined how NHRIs and international human rights bodies can more efficiently engage in SDG... Read more
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July 4, 2017
ENNHRI calls for alternatives to detention in its submission to the open consultation of the Draft European Rules
ENNHRI calls for the prioritisation of alternatives to detention and the full implementation of human rights norms in the context of migration. Through its submission to the CoE Draft European rules, ENNHRI has voiced concern regarding the lack of compatibility of the said Draft Rules with... Read more
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June 23, 2017
Legal Working Group discusses third party intervention before the ECtHR, plans future activities
What constitutes an effective third party intervention before the European Court of Human Rights? This was the overarching theme of ENNHRI’s Legal Working Group meeting in Utrecht, on 20 and 21 June 2017. Hosted by the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights, the meeting brought together 14... Read more
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June 18, 2017
ENNHRI Report on the Human Rights of Older Persons launched at the OEWG on Ageing
ENNHRI will be a visible presence at the 8th Session of the UN’s OEWG-Ageing in New York, 5-7 July. ENNHRI’s Report, "We Have the Same Rights: The Human Rights of Older Persons in Long-term Care in Europe", will be launched at a side event organised by ENNHRI and the EU Delegation in New York on... Read more
