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.
Human Rights Lens (2022-2024) |
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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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