Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg CIVIL SOCIETY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN EASTERN EUROPE •FINAL QUIZ Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg IF YOU WERE INTERESTED IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION FOR EXAMPLE IN GEORGIA, WHICH REPORTS WOULD YOU LOOK AT? OR – WHICH NGOS AND INSTITUTIONS ISSUE SUCH REPORTS? • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg 1. HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH 2. US STATE DEPARTMENT: COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES 3. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 4. FREEDOM HOUSE – FREEDOM IN THE WORLD 5. REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS: WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX 6. FRONTLINE DEFENDERS (ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS) 7. WOMEN‘S RIGHTS: A) UN WOMEN – COUNTRY FACT SHEETS B) OECD GENDER WAGE GAP 9. TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL: A) CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX B) GLOBAL CORRUPTION BAROMETER 10. LGBTQ+ RIGHTS: A) ILGA EUROPE - RAINBOW EUROPE B) EQUALDEX: LGBT EQUALITY INDEX NOR REALLY REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, NESEHNUTI, VOXPOT, RED CROSS, PIN, B'TSELEM • • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg WHAT DO THESE ABBREVIATIONS STAND FOR? HRD EU EAP MFA CSO NGO • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg HRD – HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (UDHR) EU EAP – EASTERN PARTNERSHIP OF THE EU MFA – MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CSO – CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION NGO – NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION •CSOS INCLUDE NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS), BUT ALSO PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, INDEPENDENT RESEARCH INSTITUTES, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, AND LABOR UNIONS. Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg NAME A MEDIA OR JOURNALIST THAT BRINGS NEWS FROM THE REGION WE STUDIED • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg ALL OUR REGION AND MORE: RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY, HTTPS://WWW.CODASTORY.COM/ INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES: UKRAINE: KYIV INDEPENDENT, PRAVDA, HTTPS://HROMADSKE.UA/ RUSSIA: MEDUZA, DOZHD (TV RAIN) BELARUS: HTTPS://WWW.ZERKALO.IO/, HTTPS://NEXTA.TV/ ARMENIA: HTTPS://JAM-NEWS.NET/CATEGORY/GEOGRAPHY/ARMENIA/ AZERBAIJAN: HTTPS://WWW.MEYDAN.TV/EN/ GEORGIA: HTTPS://CIVIL.GE/, HTTPS://RU.NETGAZETI.GE/ CAUCASUS : HTTPS://ENG.KAVKAZ-UZEL.EU/ , HTTPS://OC-MEDIA.ORG/ HTTPS://CHAIKHANA.MEDIA/EN A MULTIMEDIA, VISUALLY-DRIVEN STORYTELLING PLATFORM LED BY WOMEN. “OUR AMBITION IS TO PROVIDE AN OPEN SPACE FOR DISCUSSION FOR WOMEN, QUEER PEOPLE, ETHNIC, RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES, CONFLICT-AFFECTED PEOPLE AND OTHER MARGINALIZED GROUPS IN AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA, GEORGIA AND CONFLICT REGIONS.“ ON THE UNRECOGNIZED TERITORIES: HTTPS://JAM-NEWS.NET/, HTTPS://ENG.KAVKAZ-UZEL.EU/, HTTPS://BALKANINSIGHT.COM, HTTPS://INJIR.ORG/ - NOT WORKING CURRENTLY JOURNALISTS: VOJTĚCH BOHÁČ (VOXPOT), LIBOR DVOŘÁK, TOMÁŠ FORRÓ, ANDREAS PAPADOPULOS, JOSEF PAZDERKA, PETRA PROCHÁZKOVÁ, ONDŘEJ SOUKUP, TEREZA ŠUPOVÁ PODCAST NA VÝCHOD Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg WHEN DID THE USSR DISSOLVE? • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg 1991 • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg WHAT HAPPENED IN UKRAINE IN 2014? • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg THE MAIDAN REVOLUTION/THE REVOLUTION OF DIGNITY OUSTING OF PRESIDENT YANUKOVICH ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA BY RUSSIA WAR WITH RUSSIA BEGAN IN EASTERN PARTS OF UKRAINE • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg WHICH COUNTRIES DID THESE EVENTS TAKE PLACE IN? •VELVET REVOLUTION, 1989 •VELVET REVOLUTION, 2018 •"MARCH OF THE MILLIONS" ON THE BOLOTNAYA SQUARE, 2012 •FOREIGN AGENT LAW, 2012 •CRIMEAN TATARS DEPORTATION, 1944 •LARGE PROTESTS AFTER FALSIFIED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2020 •HOLODOMOR (GREAT FAMINE, GENOCIDE), 1932-1933 •THE GENOCIDE OF 1915-1916 Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg WHICH COUNTRIES DID THESE EVENTS TAKE PLACE IN? •VELVET REVOLUTION, 1989 - CZECHOSLOVAKIA •VELVET REVOLUTION, 2018 - ARMENIA •"MARCH OF THE MILLIONS" ON THE BOLOTNAYA SQUARE, 2012 - RUSSIA •FOREIGN AGENT LAW, 2012 - RUSSIA •CRIMEAN TATARS DEPORTATION, 1944 - UKRAINE •LARGE PROTESTS AFTER FALSIFIED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2020 - BELARUS •HOLODOMOR (GREAT FAMINE, GENOCIDE), 1932-1933 – UKRAINE •THE GENOCIDE OF 1915-1916 – ARMENIA: THE PHYSICAL ANNIHILATION OF ARMENIAN CHRISTIAN PEOPLE LIVING IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION ARMENIANS LIVING IN THE MULTIETHNIC OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN 1915. AT LEAST 664,000 AND POSSIBLY AS MANY AS 1.2 MILLION DIED DURING THE GENOCIDE, EITHER IN MASSACRES AND INDIVIDUAL KILLINGS, OR FROM SYSTEMATIC ILL TREATMENT, EXPOSURE, AND STARVATION. Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg WHICH FAMILY HAS BEEN POWER LONGER? ALIYEV OR LUKASHENKA? • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg HEYDAR ALIYEV – 1993-2003 ILHAM ALIYEV – SINCE 2003 ALIAKSANDR LUKASHENKA – SINCE 1994 • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg ONE OF THE FOLLOWING UNRECOGNISED TERRITORIES RECENTLY CEASED TO EXIST. WHICH ONE? ABKHAZIA TRANSNISTRIA GAGAUZIA NAGORNO KARABAKH • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg ONE OF THE FOLLOWING UNRECOGNISED TERRITORIES RECENTLY CEASED TO EXIST. WHICH ONE? ABKHAZIA TRANSNISTRIA GAGAUZIA NAGORNO KARABAKH • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TERRITORIES CLAIMS INDEPENDENCE ONLY ON POLITICAL GROUNDS, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING HISTORICAL AND ETHNICAL REASONS? TRANSNISTRIA ABKHAZIA SOUTH OSSETIA NONE OF THESE • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TERRITORIES CLAIMS INDEPENDENCE ONLY ON POLITICAL GROUNDS, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING HISTORICAL AND ETHNICAL REASONS? TRANSNISTRIA (NO ETHNICITY OR LANGUAGE SPECIAL TO THE REGION) ABKHAZIA SOUTH OSSETIA NONE OF THESE • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg WHAT WAS DECLARED A NEW HUMAN RIGHT BY THE UN IN 2022? RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING RIGHT TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg WHAT WAS DECLARED A NEW HUMAN RIGHT BY THE UN IN 2022? RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING RIGHT TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg THIS IS THE RIGHT OF PERSONS TO JOIN TOGETHER IN GROUPS IN ORDER TO PURSUE COMMON OBJECTIVES OR INTERESTS. SUCH GROUPS CAN BE POLITICAL PARTIES, PROFESSIONAL GROUPS, SPORTS CLUBS, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, RELIGIOUS GROUPS, TRADE UNIONS OR CORPORATIONS. IT IS: FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg THIS IS THE RIGHT OF PERSONS TO JOIN TOGETHER IN GROUPS IN ORDER TO PURSUE COMMON OBJECTIVES OR INTERESTS. SUCH GROUPS CAN BE POLITICAL PARTIES, PROFESSIONAL GROUPS, SPORTS CLUBS, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, RELIGIOUS GROUPS, TRADE UNIONS OR CORPORATIONS. IT IS: FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS REGARDING THE 'FOREIGN AGENTS' LAW IS NOT TRUE? - THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ‘FOREIGN AGENTS’ LAW IN GEORGIA IS CONSIDERED A PRO-RUSSIAN POLITICAL MOVE - THE ‘FOREIGN AGENTS’ LAW CONCERNS PEOPLE WITH FOREIGN CITIZENSHIP, WHO ARE RUNNING FOR A POSITION IN POLITICS - THE ‘FOREIGN AGENTS’ LAW HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS - THE ‘FOREIGN AGENTS’ LAW HAS RESULTED IN THE CLOSING OF NGOS • • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS REGARDING THE 'FOREIGN AGENTS' LAW IS NOT TRUE? - THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ‘FOREIGN AGENTS’ LAW IN GEORGIA IS CONSIDERED A PRO-RUSSIAN POLITICAL MOVE - THE ‘FOREIGN AGENTS’ LAW CONCERNS PEOPLE WITH FOREIGN CITIZENSHIP, WHO ARE RUNNING FOR A POSITION IN POLITICS - THE ‘FOREIGN AGENTS’ LAW HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS - THE ‘FOREIGN AGENTS’ LAW HAS RESULTED IN THE CLOSING OF NGOS • • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg WHAT RECENT ADVANCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN ARMENIA REGARDING THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY? 2 CORRECT ANSWERS, ACTUALLY: - INTRODUCTION OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGISLATION - SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY - COMPREHENSIVE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS PROTECTING LGBTQ+ INDIVIDUALS - ESTABLISHMENT OF GOVERNMENT-FUNDED SHELTERS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE • • Brickwork-HD-R1a.jpg WHAT RECENT ADVANCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN ARMENIA REGARDING THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY? 2 CORRECT ANSWERS, ACTUALLY: - INTRODUCTION OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGISLATION - SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY - COMPREHENSIVE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS PROTECTING LGBTQ+ INDIVIDUALS - ESTABLISHMENT OF GOVERNMENT-FUNDED SHELTERS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE • •