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of the Latvian Centre for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies

• Leader of a minority NGO about activity plans of ministries in the respect of human rights and integration issues
• Articles about disagreements between the Socialist Party and Equality

The public policy portal www.politika.lv features an article by the Executive Secretary of the Latvian Human Rights Committee Aleksey Dmitrov about reflection of human rights and integration issues in the activity plan of the Cabinet of Ministers and individual Ministries. He notes that human right and integration issues are included in the activity plans, however, they are not named as priorities of the government and ministries. For instance, the activity plan discusses the implementation of the education reform at minority schools, but does not name it as a priority although it is the most problematic issue in the field of education. Aleksey Dmitrov writes that the activity plan of the Special Task Minister for Integration Affairs caused the biggest surprise. The plan contains only general phrases – “establish a dialogue with minorities,” “planning and implementation of social integration policy,” etc. Development of the National Plan against racism and intolerance is the only concrete activity. The activity plan of the Integration Minister does not say anything about the updating of the Integration Programme, ratification of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and other issues, which were on the Minister’s agenda just after his appointment. Dmitrov concludes with the hope that Nils Muiznieks left these issues out of the activity plan only due to a difficult political situation, not out of changed priorities. 

The public policy portal www.politika.lv features an articleby the Executive Secretary of the Latvian Human Rights Committee Aleksey Dmitrov about reflection of human rights and integration issues in the activity plan of the Cabinet of Ministers and individual Ministries. He notes that human right and integration issues are included in the activity plans, however, they are not named as priorities of the government and ministries. For instance, the activity plan discusses the implementation of the education reform at minority schools, but does not name it as a priority although it is the most problematic issue in the field of education. Aleksey Dmitrov writes that the activity plan of the Special Task Minister for Integration Affairs caused the biggest surprise. The plan contains only general phrases – establish a dialogue with minorities, planning and implementation of social integration policy, etc. Development of the National Plan against racism and intolerance is the only concrete activity. The activity plan of the Integration Minister does not say anything about the updating of the Integration Programme, ratification of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and other issues, which were on the Ministers agenda just after his appointment. Dmitrov concludes with the hope that Nils Muiznieks left these issues out of the activity plan only due to a difficult political situation, not out of changed priorities.
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Chas and Vechernaya Riga feature articles about disagreements within FHRUL and the decision of the Socialist Party to leave the Union.