Human Rights Challenges
According to the 2020 Universal Periodic Review from the United Nations, the human rights challenges in Bulgaria relates to, among others:
- Discriminatory practices against women - stereotypical patterns regarding the roles and responsibilities of women and men in the family and society. High prevalence of domestic violence.
- Harassment by police and ill-treatment during investigations, prosecute perpetrators.
- Lack of protection of the rights for same-sex-couples.
- High dropout rates in education.
- Violent and discriminatory practices against children and adults with disabilities.
- Roma children victims of segregation in the school system.
Human Rights Academy’s projects
The Human Rights Academy has been working in Bulgaria since 2015.
Increasing democratic competence and understanding of human rights among young people (2019-2022)
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Development of a monitoring methodology and conducting national monitoring of policies and institutional practices regarding domestic and gender- based violence in Bulgaria (2019-2022) |
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"Build bridges for a change" (2018-2020) |
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National Study on Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (2015-2017) |
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Other Activities
"Between Fact and Fake: Building Resilience to Misinformation". International workshop in Sofia, Bulgaria (2018) |
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