Special reports

Below you will find the special reports of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee in English. More reports are available from the Bulgarian version of the site in Bulgarian.

2011

This research was performed in two phases – a legal and policy analysis, carried out in May - June 2010, and а field research, performed in June-August 2010.

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2010

April 2010 Authors: Stanimir Petrov, Elitsa Gerginova

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Civil society report on the detention of vulnerable asylum seekers and irregular migrants in the European Union (the DEVAS Project) - SUMMARY

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Civil society report on the detention of vulnerable asylum seekers and irregular migrants in the European Union (The DEVAS Project)

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BHC report produced for the Fundamental Rights Agency on personal data protection in Bulgaria. Author: Slavka Kukova

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BHC report produced for the Fundamental Rights Agency on the establishment and functioning of the Office of the Ombudsman in Bulgaria. Author: Slavka Kukova

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2009

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2009

 

Implementing the right to education of children with intellectual disabilities: One year after the decision of the European Committee of Social Rights in MDAC v. Bulgaria
Roundtable summary
  

Evaluation of progress towards inclusive education of children with disabilities in Bulgaria: one year after the decision of the European Committee of Social Rights in the collective complaint MDAC v. Bulgaria
The document is prepared by Mental Disability Advocacy Centre and the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, October 2009
  

Written Comments of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee and the European Roma Rights Centre Concerning Bulgaria for Consideration by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination at its 74th session
February 2009
  

 

2008

 

Outstanding Problems in the Implementation of Bulgaria's Obligations Under the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child
March 2008
  

   

Shadow Report to the Governmental Report on the Implementation of Bulgaria's Obligations Under the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (updated version)
March 2008
  

   

 

2006

 

Research of the Rights of Migrants in Bulgaria from a Human Rights Perspective
November 2006
  

Assessment Report On the Conditions and Perspectives of the Institutions for Children in Bulgaria and of the progress made in implementing the government obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
November 2006
  

IHF Mission Report from Places of Detention in Poland
September 2006
  

Human Rights in Bulgaria's Closed Institutions
September 2006
  

   

Places of Detention in Hungary
March 2006
  

   

Places of Detention in Serbia
January 2006
  

   

 

2005

 

Inpatient Psychiatric Care and Human Rights in Bulgaria in 2005
December 2005
  

   

In the Name of the Institution: Correctional Schools in Bulgaria
July 2005
  

   

IHF Delegation Visit to Places of Detention in Bulgaria
April 2005
  

   

The Archipelago of the Forgotten: Social Care Homes for People with Mental Disorders in Bulgaria
April 2005
  

   

IHF Delegation Visit to Places of Detention in Macedonia
January 2005
  

   

 

2004

 

Places of Detention in the Russian Federation
October 2004
  

   

Alternative NGO Report on Bulgaria's Progress Towards Accession to the EU, 2004
October 2004
  

   

Summary and Recommendations: Alternative NGO Report on Bulgaria's Progress Towards Accession to the EU, 2004
October 2004
  

   

Alternative report to the Bulgarian government's Third and Fourth Consolidated Reports to the Committee against Torture
April 2004
  

   

 

2003

 

The Disciplinary Practices in Places of Detention in Bulgaria
October 2003
  

   

Shadow Report on the Implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities,
Author: Fatme Myuhtar | November 2003
  

The Human Rights of Muslims in Bulgaria in Law and Politics since 1878
Author: Fatme Myuhtar | November 2003
  

Are Bulgarian journalists protected against accusations of insult and libel?
June 2003

   

 

2002

 

General overview of the Bulgarian system of special schools
December 2002
  

   

The Juvenile Justice System in the Netherlands
August 2002
  

The Institutions for Children with Special Needs in Bulgaria
August 2002
  

Alternative Dispute Resolutions in the Juvenile Justice System in Bulgaria
April 2002
  

Access to Counsel in the Criminal Justice Practice of Bulgaria [part2]
April 2002
  

Access to Counsel in the Criminal Justice Practice of Bulgaria [part1]
April 2002
  

 

2001

 

Inpatient Psychiatric Care in Bulgaria and Human Rights
December 2001

   

Practical Access to Democracy in CEE: Facts, Conclusions and Recommendations
October 2001

   

Bulgarian Legislation About Homosexuals
October 2001

   

Correctional Boarding Schools and Social Educational Boarding Schools in Bulgaria
June 2001

   

Procedure for Placement in EBS abd SEBS and the Rights to Liberty and to Fair Trial
June 2001

   

Factors Contributing to the Changes in the Bulgarian Penal Code Relating to Libel and Insult
May 2001

   

Judicial Proceedings Against Journalists Following Changes in the Penal Code of March 2000
May 2001

   

 

2000

 

Police in Transition: Bulgaria country report
2000

   

 

1999

 

Religious Freedom and Church-State Relations
October 1999
  

The Implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities: Bulgaria
September 1999
  

   

 

1998

 

Legal Defence of Defendants in the Criminal Process and Its Effect
January 1998

   

 

1996

 

Changing the Symbols: The Media and Religions in Bulgaria
October 1996

   

Labour Educational Schools and the Rights of Juveniles in Bulgaria
May 1996