Helsinki Revisited

The “Helsinki process” is still with us, and I think we should all ask ourselves whether it should be allowed to run and run, or to fade away in peace (or not, as the case may be).

Quite shortly, on April 23 in Ottawa to be exact, the Helsinki process will be in the headlines again, so now is the time to think about it. That day, a preparatory meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) will gather to discuss questions concerning “respect in their member states for human rights and fundamental freedoms in all their aspects as embodied in the Final Act.”

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The “Helsinki process” is still with us, and I think we should all ask ourselves whether it should be allowed to run and run, or to fade away in peace (or not, as the case may be).

Quite shortly, on April 23 in Ottawa to be exact, the Helsinki process will be in the headlines again, so now is the time to think about it. That day, a preparatory meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) will gather to discuss questions concerning “respect in their member states for human rights and fundamental freedoms in all their aspects as embodied in the Final Act.”