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24 Nov 2020
Macedonian Greeks protest in a rally in Melbourne in April 2007. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
ESI proposal on Macedonia's name dispute with Greece: Breaking the Macedonian deadlock before the end of 2012 (November 2012)
The dispute over Macedonia's constitutional name goes back to the Republic of…
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25 Nov 2020
Photo: ESI
ESI analyst Adnan Cerimagic participated in a virtual meeting with representatives of the Podgorica-based Centre for Democratic Transition. It was part of a series of meetings, organised by the Aspen Germany Institute, with policymakers and think…
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27 Nov 2020
N!DA activists on hunger strike since 17 April 2014: Bakhtiyar Guliyev, Rashad Hasanov, Rashadat Akhundov, Shahin Novruzlu, Mammad Azizov, Ilkin Rustamzada, Uzeyir Mammadli, Zaur Gurbanlı. Photo: N!DA
This open letter is also available in Azeri, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, French, German, Greek,…
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1 Dec 2020
A project supported by ERSTE Stiftung
Since 2005, ERSTE Foundation has supported the research of the European Stability Initiative on South Eastern Europe. This includes the twelve-part documentary series "Return to Europe." It is a combination of ESI's independent research and ERSTE's vision…
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1 Dec 2020
"The time when Turkish people feel least European is when they wait in line for a visa"
Turkey's former Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bagis
A new generation of Turks waiting to be able to freely travel to Europe
Turkey's visa liberalisation roadmap: the scorecard (May 2016)
The refugee…
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2 Dec 2020
The European Stability Initiative (ESI) and the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School
organize the second ESI "Future of human rights" Berlin conference
Costs and Consequences of Torture
U.S. and European Perspectives
Berlin, 7-8 July 2015
Why this…
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2 Dec 2020
Johannes Hahn – Federica Mogherini – Dimitris Avramopoulos
Fairness for Kosovo – Visa Reform and the EU
Open Letter on Visa Liberalization from Kosovo Civil Society
Also available in PDF format
In Albanian: Leter e hapur e organizatave te shoqerise civile, te cilen ia kane adresuar Komisionit…
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2 Dec 2020
Rasul Jafarov. Photo: National Endowment for Democracy
23 April 2015
Rasul Jafarov, 31, is a leading human rights defender in Azerbaijan. He has led multiple efforts to draw international attention to the worsening situation in his country, to educate Azerbaijani citizens about their rights, and…
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2 Dec 2020
Political prisoners in Azerbaijan: Khadija Ismayilova – Leyla Yunus – Rasul Jafarov
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April 13, 2015
We the undersigned are alarmed by the deteriorating human rights situation in Azerbaijan. Arrests and detentions of journalists, civil society and human rights…
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2 Dec 2020
Vaclav Havel – Andrei Sakharov
Leyla Yunus, Rasul Jafarov, Intigam Aliyev and others
Winners of the Norwegian Sakharov Prize 2014
Anar Mammadli
Winner of the Council of Europe's Vaclav Havel Prize 2014
Leyla Yunus
Finalist of the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize 2014
Rasul's and Leyla's…