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New Tasks for Helsinki Committees in Eastern Europe

New Tasks for Helsinki Committees in Eastern Europe NEW TASKS FOR HELSINKI COMMITTEES IN EASTERN EUROPE Marek A. Nowicki We are all witnessing and participating in an enormous, fast, sometimes violent, political transformation all over Eastern Europe. Although the scale, course and level of the changes vary in the individ- ual countries, the main direction is determined. The present system, based on the, more or less, totalitarian, in- divisible authority of the communist party, is being disrupted. The alternative is provided by a democratic, social and political order, similar to that in modern Western democracies. Considering the complex economical problems, the often low level of political culture, ethnic conflicts, and, finally, the sensitive relations with Moscow which have not ceased to be an important element in the changing situation, it will not be easy to attain that goal. Reconsidering our place, role and tasks Events occurring in East Europe compel us to reconsider the place, role and tasks of the Helsinki movement, which was founded in order to monitor the observance of the Helsinki Final Act of the CSCE, and, in particular, its obliga- tions in the field of human rights which were specified later, in more details, in the documents of the Madrid and Vienna http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Helsinki Monitor (in 2008 continued as Security and Human Rights) Brill

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© 1990 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0925-0972
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1571-814X
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10.1163/157181490X00176
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NEW TASKS FOR HELSINKI COMMITTEES IN EASTERN EUROPE Marek A. Nowicki We are all witnessing and participating in an enormous, fast, sometimes violent, political transformation all over Eastern Europe. Although the scale, course and level of the changes vary in the individ- ual countries, the main direction is determined. The present system, based on the, more or less, totalitarian, in- divisible authority of the communist party, is being disrupted. The alternative is provided by a democratic, social and political order, similar to that in modern Western democracies. Considering the complex economical problems, the often low level of political culture, ethnic conflicts, and, finally, the sensitive relations with Moscow which have not ceased to be an important element in the changing situation, it will not be easy to attain that goal. Reconsidering our place, role and tasks Events occurring in East Europe compel us to reconsider the place, role and tasks of the Helsinki movement, which was founded in order to monitor the observance of the Helsinki Final Act of the CSCE, and, in particular, its obliga- tions in the field of human rights which were specified later, in more details, in the documents of the Madrid and Vienna

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Helsinki Monitor (in 2008 continued as Security and Human Rights) – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1990

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