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We monitor the human rights situation in Bulgaria since 1992. We provide Bulgarian and international institutions with expert reports and statements, informing legislators, state administration, as well as the broader society.
We do strategic litigation in selected cases of violations of basic human rights in Bulgaria. We prioritise aiding vulnerable communities for whose members it is unlikely to have access to justice.
We organise campaigns to inform broader Bulgarian and international society on the human rights situation in Bulgaria and we mobilise civil society for causes in defense of human rights.
On June 20, we mark World Refugee Day under the motto "Solidarity with Refugees." In a world where more than 120 million people are forcibly displaced due to conflict, persecution, and climate crises, such solidarity is more necessary than ever.
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe continues to monitor how Bulgaria is implementing judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Recently, the Committee adopted another decision concerning the case of Judge Miroslava Todorova, who won a case against Bulgaria in 2022 for a violation of her freedom of expression—an infringement committed with ulterior motives by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC). The case provides key guidance for judicial reform aimed at ensuring the independence of judges.
108 murders of women falling within the definition of femicide, researchers of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee found in a study of judicial practice in cases related to femicide across the country for the period 2018–2023.
София Прайд, най-голямото шествие за човешки права в България от 2008 г. насам, започва трансформиращ проект за разширяване и включване на всички части на ЛГБТИ общността и нейните съмишленици в България. Инициативата стъпва на съществуващия Организационен комитет, в който влизат фондация GLAS, фондация Билитис, ЛГБТИ Действие и Българския хелзинкски комитет, като целта й е да създаде по-широка и приобщаваща структура, която да отразява интерсекционалния характер на Прайд.
A key hearing in a landmark case on trans people and their rights in Bulgaria took place at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg on 22 May.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has condemned Bulgaria in the case of Pedev v. Bulgaria (application no. 27165/21). The case became emblematic of police brutality during the anti-government protests in July 2020.
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