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Freedom House Mourns the Death of Czech Leader, Human Rights Defender Vaclav Havel

Dec 19 2011 - 11:00am

Freedom House mourns the loss of former Czech president and dissident leader Vaclav Havel, an unwavering advocate for human rights and democracy. Freedom House was fortunate to have worked closely with Havel over the years. He served as Co-Chair of Freedom House’s American Volunteers for International Development (AVID) program in the mid-1990’s and was honored with its distinguished Freedom Award in 1991 for his role in orchestrating the Velvet Revolution.”

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Human Rights Defense

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Central and Eastern Europe/Eurasia

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Sylvana Habdank-Kołaczkowska

Project Director of "Nations in Transit"

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Evaluation of 2008-2011 UN Human Rights Council Candidates

On May 21, 2008, the UN General Assembly will elect 15 new Human Rights Council members. Twenty countries are candidates. Freedom House and UN Watch evaluated each candidate’s suitability for election to the Human Rights Council by examining its record of human rights protection at home and its record of human rights promotion at the UN.

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Human Rights Defense, United Nations

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