Human Rights

As UNICEF celebrates its 72nd anniversary this month, TFN looks back at its Polish founding father Ludwik Rajchman

The organisation was established as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund to provide food and healthcare to children in countries hit by World War II. UNICEF

In 1946 Rajchman called for a fund to be created to help children. On his initiative, around 30 million medical examinations and 17 million tuberculosis vaccines were provided in 22 countries around the world between 1948-1951.

Human rights congress gets down to business in capital

Now in its second year, the Congress of Human Rights will have 43 panels over two days. Held on 14-15 December, it will take place at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw.

Polish PM, Foreign Ministry remember Russian human rights activist

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Poland's Foreign Ministry paid tribute to Soviet-era dissident and human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva, who died in Moscow on Saturday at the age of 91.

Big cheeses descend on Warsaw for Dialogue for Democracy forum

The two-day Warsaw Dialogue for Democracy focuses on social media and free elections, with four panels organised with international partners involved in democracy promotion.

Ombudsman awarded ‘distinguished’ Rafto Prize for Human Rights

Previous winners of the Rafto Prize include Yanar Mohammed, a defender of women’s rights in Iraq, and Padre Melo, a Honduran priest who has stood up for freedom of expression.

Poland extends cooperation with the International Red Cross

Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz and the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, signed a memorandum of cooperation in New York on Wednesday, which provides for an increase in financial aid, and other aid, to the ICRC.

Delegates descend on Warsaw for OSCE conf

Over ten days, delegates will discuss the challenges facing their countries and the broad region, from the rule of law to human trafficking.

Poland holds International Communications Forum

At the International Communications Forum in Warsaw, The First News spoke to the widow of the former Commissioner for Human Rights, and Poland's Culture Minister about Polish reality and its representation in Western media  

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