On 15 October 2020, LCHR has submitted its shadow report to the Universal Periodic Review 3rd cycle on Latvia.
On 8 and 9 August, UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination examined the Periodic Report on the implementation of the UN 1965 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in Latvia from 2008 to 2016.
On 17 June LCHR received the delegation from the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights, Rights and Liberties and Consumer Protection from the Kingdom of Thailand, which included S.Swangkarn, the Chairman of the Committee, Vice-Chairmen, and several Committee advisors.
On behalf of undersigned human rights organizations working at both an international and local level for the promotion and protection of the human rights of people with mental health problems and/or a intellectual disabilities, we would like to draw your attention to a number of issues following the tragedy of Regi Social care home, where 25 residents with mental disabilities died in a fire.
Every year the Society Integration Foundation presents its Society Harmony awards for contributions in the field of ethnic and social integration. This year awards were given to 6 individuals, including researcher of the LCHRES Anhelita Kamenska. Anhelita Kamenska received recognition of the SIF for her contribution to promotion of ethnic integration.