MINELRES - Latvia

Latvia

Human Rights and Minorities

UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Report by Latvia. 6 June 2002, CERD/C/398/Add.2
- Concluding Observations. 12 April 2001, CERD/C/304/Add.79
- Report by Latvia. 25 March 1999, CERD/C/309/Add.1
UN Human Rights Committee
- Concluding Observations/Comments. 6 November 2003, CCPR/CO/79/LVA
- Second period report by Latvia, 29 November 2002, CCPR/C/LVA/2002/2
- Concluding Observations/Comments. 3 October 1995, CCPR/C/79/Add.53
- Summary Record: Consideration of the Initial Report of Latvia, 20 July 1995
- Initial report by Latvia, 19 October 1994, CCPR/C/81/Add.1/Rev.1
UN Committee Against Torture
- Conclusions and Recommendations. 20 November 2003, CAT/C/CR/31/3
- Initial report by Latvia, 30 August 2002, CAT/C/21/Add.4
Situation of human rights in Estonia and Latvia. Resolution of the UN General Assembly 48/155, 20 December 1993
Situation of human rights in Estonia and Latvia. Report of the Secretary-General of 26 October 1993, A/48/511
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Press-Releases on Latvia report, January 2001
- 9 January 2001, morning
- 9 January 2001, afternoon
The UN Human Rights System - Latvia (Human Rights Internet web site)
For the Record 2003
For the Record 2002
For the Record 2001
For the Record 2000
For the Record 1999
For the Record 1998
For the Record 1997
Views of UN Human Rights Committee on Communication No. 884/1999 (Antonina Ignatane v. Latvia), 25 July 2001 )
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Adopted texts of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe:
- Resolution 1236 (2001) and Recommendation 1490 (2001) - Honouring of obligations and commitments by Latvia, 23 January 2001
- Opinion No. 183 (1995) on the application by Latvia for membership of the Council of Europe, 31 January 1995
Reports to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe:
- Honouring of obligations and commitments by Latvia. Doc. 8924, 10 January 2001. Co-rapporteurs: Terry Davis, United Kingdom, Socialist Group, and Gunnar Jansson, Finland, Liberal, Democratic and Reformers� Group
- Honouring of obligations and commitments by Latvia. Information report. Doc. 8426, 24 May 1999. Co-rapporteurs: Terry Davis, United Kingdom, Socialist Group, and Gunnar Jansson, Finland, Liberal, Democratic and Reformers� Group
Written declarations and motions (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe):
- Motion for a resolution, Doc. 9501. Reopening of monitoring procedure in respect to Latvia. 27 June 2002
- Written Question No. 404, Doc. 9335. Rights for Russians living in Latvia. 18 February 2002
- Motion for a recommendation, Doc. 8647. Freedom of movement for the residents of Latvia and Estonia. 4 February 2000
- Motion for an order, Doc. 8375. Rights of national minorities in Latvia. 14 April 1999
- Motion for a resolution, Doc. 8039. Violation by the Latvian authorities of universally recognised human rights. 16 March 1998
- Written Declaration No. 266, Doc. 7951. Situation of the Russian and Russian-speaking population in Latvia and Estonia. 15 October 1997
- Motion for a resolution, Doc. 7879. Latvia's honouring of commitments and obligations undertaken upon accession to the Council of Europe. 9 July 1997
- Written Declaration No. 257, Doc. 7855. Civil rights situation of non-titular communities in Latvia. 26 June 1997
Cases against Latvia in the European Court of Human Rights (in Latvian, Council of Europe Information Centre in Latvia home page)
Chamber Judgment in the case Farbtuhs v. Latvia, 2 December 2004. Press release issued by the Registrar
Chamber Judgment in the case Zdanoka v. Latvia, 17 June 2004. Press release issued by the Registrar
Grand Chamber Judgment in the case of Slivenko v. Latvia, 9 October 2003. Press release issued by the Registrar
Zdanoka v. Latvia, Chamber hearing on the merits, 15 May 2003. Press release issued by the Registrar
Lavents v. Latvia, judgement of 28 November 2002. Press release issued by the Registrar
Sisojeva and others v. Latvia, Chamber hearing on the merits, 19 September 2002. Press release issued by the Registrar
Podkolzina v. Latvia, judgement of 9 April 2002. Press release issued by the Registrar
Slivenko and Others v. Latvia declared partly admissible, 25 January 2002. Press release issued by the Registrar
Hearing in the case of Slivenko and others v. Latvia, 14 November 2001. Press release issued by the Registrar
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
- Report on the visit to Latvia, 5-8 October 2003
European Commission against Racism and Intolerance
- Second Report on Latvia, 14 December 2001
- Report on Latvia, March 13 1999
OSCE HCNM recommendations:
- Letter of April 6, 1993
- Minister of Foreign Affairs' answer of April 18, 1993
- Letter of December 10, 1993
- Minister of Foreign Affairs' answer of January 25, 1994
- Letter of March 14, 1996
- Minister of Foreign Affairs' answer of April 22, 1996
- Letter of October 28, 1996
- Minister for Foreign Affairs' answer of December 24, 1996
- Letter of November 21, 1996
- Minister for Foreign Affairs' answer of February 27, 1997
- Letter of May 23, 1997
- Minister for Foreign Affairs' answer of September 11, 1997
European Commission: key political documents on Latvia related to enlargement
Monitoring the EU Accession Process: Minority Protection in Latvia, 2002: An assessment of the National Programme "The Integration of society in Latvia"
Monitoring the EU Accession Process: Minority Protection in Latvia, 2001
U.S. Department of State: Latvia Human Rights Practices
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- 1999
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- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
Human Rights Watch Reports on Latvia
International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights Annual Reports on Latvia
- 2002 (.pdf)
- 2001 (.pdf)
- 2000 (.pdf)
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
Amnesty International reports on Latvia
European Center for Minority Issues (ECMI) reports related to Latvia
- National Integration in Estonia and Latvia: 2000-2002, by Vadim Poleshchuk. ECMI Report # 46, August 2003
- Legal Aspects of National Integration in Estonia and Latvia, by Vadim Poleshchuk. Workshop of the ECMI Project "Accession to the EU and National Integration in Estonia and Latvia", 6-8 June 2002, Jurmala, Latvia ECMI Report # 33, September 2002
- Social Dimension of Integration in Estonia and Minority Education in Latvia, by Vadim Poleshchuk. ECMI Workshops "Social Dimension of Integration in Estonia, 19-21 October 2001, Parnu, Estonia, and "Prospects of Minority Education in Latvia, 1-4 November 2001, Daugavpils, Latvia. ECMI Report # 18, December 2001
- Multiculturalism, Minority Education and Language Policy. ECMI Workshops "Multiculturalism and Minority Education", 1-3 June 2001, Narva-J?esuu, Estonia and "Language Policy in Urban Environment", 8-10 June 2001, Liepaja, Latvia, by Vadim Poleshchuk. ECMI Report # 10, August 2001
- Accession to the European Union and National Integration in Estonia and Latvia. T?nder, Denmark, 7-10 December 2000, by Vadim Poleshchuk. ECMI Report # 8, February 2001
Latvian Center for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies:
- Human Rights in Latvia in 2003
- Human Rights in Latvia in 2002
- Human Rights in Latvia, January 1, 2002 - June 30, 2002
- Human Rights in Latvia in 2001
- Human Rights in Latvia, January 1, 2001 - June 30, 2001
- Human Rights in Latvia in 2000
- Human Rights in Latvia, January 1, 2000 - June 30, 2000
- Human Rights in Latvia in 1999
- Human Rights in Latvia, 1 January 1999 - 30 June 1999
- Human Rights in Latvia in 1998
- Integration and Minority Information Service
Latvian Human Rights Committee (F.I.D.H.):
- Newsletter "Minority issues in Latvia"
- On the situation with national minorities in Latvia, March 1999
- Main HR Events in Latvia in 1996
- Differences between the rights of Latvian citizens and permanent resident non-citizens:
EQUAL=LV: Project on human rights and minorities in Latvia (in Russian)
Baltic States: Human Rights, by "Law Assembly"
British Helsinki Human Rights Group
- Nationalism and Citizenship in Latvia. Report of BHHRG's 1998 visit
- Latvia 1993: The Elections - Democracy & Human Rights (the British Helsinki Human Rights Group)
The Russians of Latvia - Minorities at Risk Project
Ukrainians in Latvia (in Russian)
The New Baltic Barometer surveys on Latvia
What's happening in Latvia - from the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (UCSJ) web site
Latvian Language Proficiency and the Integration of Society, by Svetlana Djackova, 2004
Challenging Ethnic Democracy: Implementation of the Recommendations of the OSCE High Commisioner on National Minorities to Latvia, 1993-2001, by Jekaterina Dorodnova, 2003
Media Legislation, Minority Issues, and Implications for Latvia, by Leonid Raihman, 2002
Occupational representation and ethnic discrimination in Latvia, by Artis Pabriks, 2002
Estonia and Latvia: Citizenship, language and conflict prevention - A Special Report by the Forced Migration Projects, 1997
Baltic Russians Take a Look at Themselves, by Ebba Savborg-Romare. MARE BALTICUM, No.3, August 1997

Legislation

Official

NGOs in Latvia

Human Rights organizations

Minority associations

Association for Support of Russian-Language Schools in Latvia
Russian Community of Latvia
Russian Public Information Center in Latvia
United Congress of Russian Communities of Latvia
Headquarters for the Protection of Russian Schools

General information