“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?”

About Harry Hummel

Harry Hummel has been active in a range of positions in different human rights NGOs since 1972. He currently serves as Associate Policy Director of the Netherlands Helsinki Committee. One of the priority policy aims of the NHC is to promote the mainstreaming of human rights in international relations, including in economic, cultural and professional contacts. This includes work regarding professional bodies of the judiciary, about which we set up www.defendersorviolators.info

Articles by Harry Hummel

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Michael Edwards is editor of Transformation.

European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

Rule of law contacts with Azerbaijan must raise human rights abuse

Harry Hummel 9 April 2018

The authoritarian regime of Azerbaijan remains a member of many international bodies, but this is often not a sufficient point of leverage. The country’s public prosecutors are a case in point.

Prosecutors: human rights defenders or violators?

Harry Hummel 5 September 2017

A call for the International Association of Prosecutors Annual Conference in Beijing to make explicit efforts to promote adherence to their own standards.

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