Annual Reports
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Annual Report 2009
On September 11th 2009, we took a major step in the organisation’s history by changing our name to Civil Rights Defenders. We were heartened by the extremely positive response to the new name. The photo exhibition “Our Rights”, produced in partnership with the famous photographer Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin, informed hundreds of thousands of people about us and our work.
In November, we brought together Russia’s leading human rights defenders at a conference in Stockholm to discuss the grave situation in the North Caucasus. We were successful in making our voices heard ahead of the EU-Russia Summit. Read more in our Annual Report.
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Annual Report 2008
This is the last annual report from the Swedish Helsinki Committee. From september 11th 2009 we are Civil Rights Defenders. During 2008 our work contributed to Serbia passing a law against discrimination, to Russia being convicted of serious violations against human rights for the hundredth time by the European Court of Justice, and to Sweden being forced to pay damages to the Egyptians Agiza and Alzery for the brutal expulsion in 2001.
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Annual Report 2007
As one of few international human rights organisations on site, The Swedish Helsinki Committee monitored some of the trials that were held against Belarusian oppositional teenagers. According to our contacts in the country our presence contributed to giving the Belarusian youths reasonably mild sentences.
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Annual Report 2006
We monitor authorities while focusing on the rights of the individual. During the last year we strengthened our work for rule of law, for freedom of expression, and against discrimination by concentrating our efforts within each area. At the same time we have broadened our activities geographically to include Central Asia.
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Annual Report 2005
In 2005, the Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights cooperated with almost 100 organisations that were active in the countries of former Yugoslavia, Albania, Moldova, Russia (Chechnya) and Belarus. During this year we expanded our geographical area and initiated a long term engagement in Southern Caucasus.
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Annual Report 2004
In the Balkans, minorities live under oppression. In Chechnya people “disappear” and in Belarus, the state monopolises information. People’s rights must be vindicated each and every day, even in Sweden.
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Annual Report 2003
Nationalism, corruption and violations of human rights continued to spread during 2003. We work to strengthen civil society and ward off destructive forces, and we provide a scrutinising eye that critically monitors the human rights situation, not least in our home country of Sweden.
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Annual Report 2002
During 2002, we continued to strengthen civil society on the Balkans and in Eastern Europe by way of independent media and NGOs. We train police officers in human rights and arrange courses for youths in the basics of a state governed by law. At home we have thoroughly examined the terrorist act and the Gothenburg riots, which gained great medial attention.
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Annual Report 2001
Most countries where the Swedish Helsinki Committee is active seem to be in a transitional phase where they are starting to adopt democracy. In 2001, we gave support to human rights organisations on the Serbian countryside.
Annual Report 2001
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Annual Report 2000
The continued bad human rights conditions in the Western Balkans led to the Committee largely focusing its resources to this region during the year. In all, during 2000, we worked with more than 85 different project partners in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Croatia, Macedonia (FYROM), Montenegro and Serbia.
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Annual Report 1999
During the last few years, human rights have been in focus more than ever. It is an issue that is under constant debate, conferences are arranged and contracts are signed and people are more aware of their rights. Regrettably, the respect of human rights as shown by governments and their application of them are still not satisfactory.
Annual Report 1999
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Annual Report 1998
The year of 1998 has been an intensive year for the Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights. Thanks to increased funds we have been able to extend our activities and to develop our work in a satisfying way. This in turn created the need to increase our personal resources and to strengthen the employees already employed within the Committee.
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Annual Report 1997
Looking back at the year of 1997, the human rights situation over the world is all but encouraging. Death penalty, torture, persecutions, oppression of minority groups, extra-judicial executions, censorship and prohibition of demonstrations are just some of the violations of human rights, which are still taking place in all regions of the world.