The United Nations (UN) has published Special Procedures communications addressed to the Government of Belarus, highlighting widespread human rights violations in the country. These communications were submitted under the mandate of the UN Special...
On 16 February 2023, in the resolution ‘One year of Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine’, the EU Parliament demanded that Member States provide protection for conscientious objectors and deserters fleeing Belarus, Russia...
As militarization and conflict escalate in Eastern Europe, traditional security approaches fail to ensure stability. The “Peace Line” strategy proposes demilitarization, denuclearization, building Peace infrastructure and permanent negotiation mechanisms to prevent further war. This...
Wartime reshapes society in profound and often devastating ways, disproportionately impacting women by undermining their agency, autonomy, and justice. This article explores the systematic objectification of women during conflict, the normalization of violence, their...
under the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) prepared by Olga Karach (the International Center for civil initiatives “Our House” (Belarus) Table of Contents Introduction...
If statistics are to be believed, the world is intensively preparing for war, and this can be clearly seen in the dynamics of the Global Peace Index (GPI) figures developed by the Institute for...
Large green posters hang in the advertising cases of tram and bus stops in Berlin’s city center. Handcrafted by the Workshop for Antifascist Actions, these posters depict a modified version of the familiar emergency...
The International Center for Civil Initiatives “Our House” has prepared a monitoring of mass discrimination against Belarusians in Lithuania, including pressure on human rights defenders and activists and attempts to deport Belarusian democratic activists...