Alfonse D'Amato
Reflecting on Chechnya
Mar 13, 2020By Mia Speier, Max Kampelman Fellow On December 11, 1994, Russian forces advanced into Chechnya, a republic in the North Caucasus near Georgia and Azerbaijan, to stop an attempt at […]
40th Anniversary of the U.S. Helsinki Commission
May 26, 2016Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, on June 3, 1976, U.S. President Gerald Ford signed into law a bill establishing the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, more commonly known as […]
Atrocities in Kosovo: Shattuck and Dole Report
Sep 17, 1998This hearing of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe is on the atrocities committed in Kosovo. The commissioners and notable guests present include: Chairman Alfonse D’Amato, Senator Frank […]
Repression and Violence in Kosovo and Hearing on Kos...
Mar 18, 1998This hearing, chaired by Commissioner Alfonse D’Amato, discussed the dire circumstances in Kosovo, specifically Serbian repression of the Kosovar Albanian majority population. In this hearing, D’Amato called for the U.S. […]
What’s Next, Mr. Prime Minister? Democracy Han...
Sep 29, 1997Mr. President, 5 years ago, the speaker of the Slovak Parliament, Ivan Gasparovic, described his country’s new constitution as `an expression of centuries-old emancipation efforts of the Slovak people to […]
The Meaning of Yeltsin’s Veto of Russia’...
Jul 28, 1997This briefing provided an analysis of the events surrounding President Yeltsin’s veto of the proposed law on religious organizations in Russia which would have effectively banned the activities of certain […]
Slovakian Human Rights Issues
Apr 22, 1997Mr. President, I rise today to call to my colleagues’ attention to human rights developments in Slovakia. These developments point Slovakia in the opposite direction from the road their neighbors […]
The Future of Chechnya
Mar 13, 1997Former senatosr and commissionesr chaired this hearing, which focused on the efforts of the citizens in Chechnya to free themselves from Russian power. Russia’s “transgressions” against the Chechnyan populace entailed […]
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE)
Feb 20, 1997This briefing focused on the topics of European security and NATO enlargement, specifically in terms of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. Elements of the treaty that remained […]
The Latest Crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Jun 08, 1995With Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) presiding, this hearing focused on the continuing ethnic conflict in the former Yugoslavian country of Bosnia. This hearing was held with the events of the […]
Human Rights in Turkey
Jun 06, 1995Sam Wise, director for international policy at the Commission, led a discussion on the human rights situation in Turkey in 1995, specifically regarding Turkey’s Kurdish minority and the human rights […]
Chechnya
May 01, 1995This hearing focused on the subject of the crisis in Chechnya. It was the third Helsinki Commission hearing on the disastrous policy hatched in Moscow to resolve by armed force […]