New Report on Human Rights in Latvia in 2001
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Subject: New Report on Human Rights in Latvia in 2001
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New Report on Human Rights in Latvia in 2001
New Human Rights Report on Latvia
The Latvian Centre for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies (LCHRES) has
released its annual report “Human Rights in Latvia in 2001.” The
LCHRES, a non-governmental organization, is a member of the
International
Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, a network of human rights groups
working in the OSCE region.
In 2001 the primary human rights problem in Latvia remained the same
as in previous years: a huge backlog in the courts resulting in long
pre-trial detention periods. However, Latvia also faced new and
dangerous challenges to freedom of the media and the judicial system
posed by the murders of a journalist and a judge. As in previous
years, language policy and its effect on the rights of minorities, the
right to private life and freedom of expression remained a concern.
The most positive developments concerned adoption of a new Labour Law
with strong anti-discrimination provisions and the implementation of
several measures to facilitate the naturalisation of Latvia’s large
non-citizen population. Legal strategies for promoting human rights
gained importance, as the European Court of Human Rights began to
issue rulings on applications from Latvia and Latvia’s Constitutional
Court began to review cases submitted by individuals. Moreover,
parliament adopted a new Administrative Procedure Law providing new
opportunities for human rights defenders.
The report, prepared in Latvian and English, covers these and other
topical human rights issues. An electronic version will be posted on
the MINELRES site under the country information for Latvia. For hard
copies and additional information, please contact the LCHRES at
Alberta St. 13, Riga LV 1010, Latvia, tel. 371-7039290, fax:
371-7039291,
e-mail: [email protected].
Nils Muiznieks
Director of the Latvian Centre for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies
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>From the moderator: Full text of the report (219 Kb in .pdf file) be downloaded from
http://www.politika.lv/index.php?id=102691&lang=lv
Boris
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