Leonid Raihman

Riga, Latvia
2002 - 2003 IPF Fellow

Affiliation: Advisor to the Human Rights and Integrated Latvia faction of the Latvian Parliament on legal issues.
e-mail: raihman@policy.hu
website: http://www.policy.hu/raihman/

Fellow project

2002 - 2003: Minority languages, media legislation and the integration of minorities: Lessons from the Latvian experience
The objective of the project is to research the interdependence of electronic media and ethnic integration; examine relevant international law and case law in this area; develop policy proposals on language rights and media based on comparative legal research of language regulations affecting electronic media in several countries with substantial linguistically distinct groups; and write a research and policy paper with recommendations for Latvian policy makers in the area of electronic media regulation.

Working groups: Comparative Studies, Media Policy
Relevant countries: Latvia

Fellow's bibliography

• Leonid Raihman
  • Pozadi Evropy vsej (Lagging Behind Europe) Panorama Latvii,
    2002.
• Leonid Raihman
  • Kazhdomu svoje televidenie? (To Everyone – Their Own TV?) Vesti segodnja, Russian
    2002.
• Leonid Raihman
  • International and Regional Standards in the Field of Minority Rights Latvian Human Rights Committee.
    2000.
• Leonid Raihman
  • Legal and Social Conditions for Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Central and Eastern European Countries: the Latvian case Copenhagen: Danish Refugee Council.
    1999.
• Leonid Raihman
  • How to Apply for Social Welfare Riga: Latvian Human Rights Committee.
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• Leonid Raihman ; Bogushevich,T. ; Dimitrov,A. ; Dubrovsky,J. ; Kolchanov,B.
  • Report on the implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in the Republic of Latvia Riga: Latvian Human Rights Committee.
    2002.
• Leonid Raihman ; Buzayev,V. ; Kotov,G. ; Zhdanok,T.
  • National Minorities in Latvia and Human Rights Riga: Latvian Human Rights Committee.
    1999.