MINELRES - Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Human Rights and Minorities

UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Concluding Observations/Comments, 23 April 1997, CERD/C/304/Add.29
- Summary Record, 16 April 1997, CERD/C/SR.1205
- Report by Bulgaria under Art.9 of CERD. Consolidated reports due in 1992, 1994 and 1996, 5 August 1996, CERD/C/299/Add.7
UN Human Rights Committee
- Concluding Observations/Comments, 3 August 1993, CCPR/C/79/Add.24
The UN Human Rights System - Bulgaria (Human Rights Internet website)
For the Record 2003
For the Record 2002
For the Record 2001
For the Record 2000
For the Record 1999
For the Record 1998
For the Record 1997
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Report submitted by Bulgaria on implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, 9 April 2003
NGO report on implementation of FCNM by Bulgaria, September 1999
Adopted texts of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe:
- Recommendation 1442 (2000) and Resolution 1211 (2000) - Honouring of obligations and commitments by Bulgaria, 29 January 2000
- Opinion No.161 (1992) - Application of Bulgaria for membership of the Council of Europe, 5 May 1992
- Resolution 927 (1989) - Situation of ethnic and Muslim minority in Bulgaria, 26 September 1989
Reports to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe:
- Honouring of obligations and commitments by Bulgaria. Doc. 8616, 17 January 2000. Rapporteurs: David Atkinson, United Kingdom, European Democratic Group and Henning Gjellerod, Denmark, Socialist Group
- Honouring of obligations and commitments by Bulgaria. Information report. Doc. 8180, 2 September 1998. Rapporteurs: David Atkinson, United Kingdom, European Democratic Group and Henning Gjellerod, Denmark, Socialist Group
Written declarations and motions (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe):
- Motion for an order, Doc. 9703. New Bulgarian law on religion known as the Confessions Act 2002. 13 February 2003
- Written Declaration No. 252, Doc. 7762. Political and economic crisis in Bulgaria. 13 February 1997
European Commission against Racism and Intolerance
- Second Report on Bulgaria, 18 June 1999
- Report on Bulgaria, 15 June 1998
Monitoring the EU Accession Process: Minority Protection in Bulgaria, 2001
U.S. Department of State: Bulgaria Human Rights Practices
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Human Rights Watch
- World Report 2002: Human Rights Developments in Bulgaria
- World Report 2001: Human Rights Developments in Bulgaria
- World Report 2000: Human Rights Developments in Bulgaria
- World Report 1999: Human Rights Developments in Bulgaria
- Other publications on Bulgaria
International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights:
Annual Reports on Bulgaria
- 2002 (.pdf)
- 2001 (.pdf)
- 2000 (.pdf)
- 1999
- 1998
- Macedonians of Bulgaria in Uncertainty, 2000
- Declaring a Macedonian-based Party Unconstitutional, Bulgarian Constitutional Court Violates Basic Political Rights, 1 March 2000
- Minority Rights in Bulgaria, 1999
Amnesty International reports on Bulgaria
The Skinhead International: Bulgaria
Tolerance Foundation report on Religious Freedom in Bulgaria in 1997, 26 February 1998
Minorities at Risk Project files:
Turks in Bulgaria
Roma in Bulgaria
Minorities in Bulgaria - CEDIME-SE website
Macedonian Human Rights Movement of Canada: 2001 Annual Report � The Macedonian Minority in Bulgaria
All Ethnic Problems Solved? By Matilda Nahabedian, Central European Review, Vol 2, No 41, 27 November 2000

Legislation

Official

NGOs in Bulgaria

Committee for the Defense of Minority Rights (CDMR)
Bulgarian Society for Regional Cultural Studies
Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
OMO "ILINDEN" PIRIN (United Macedonian Organization "ILINDEN")

General information