This page explains how to use the Human Rights Guide and it provides the terms and conditions to which you agree to be bound when using this website and its content.
The Human Rights Guide is managed by the Baltic Human Rights Society.
Our terms
You are allowed to use (read, copy, download, store, print, distribute, and share) the content of the Human Rights Guide under the following conditions:
- Non-commercial use only
- Non-public use only
- No republishing of the content
- No changes to the content
- Crediting Human Rights Guide as the source, including a link
You must first obtain written permission in case you are interested in using the content in the following situations:
- Commercial use
- Public use
- Republishing of the content
- Making changes to the content
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The Human Rights Guide is intended for informative and educational use only and is designed for general guidance and self-help. By this, we mean:
- Whilst this website explains rights and legal concepts and mentions procedures and law, it must not be considered or referred to as an official legal source. The content of this website is not legal text in itself and has no legal force.
- Whilst this website offers help for understanding human rights in specific situations, it should not be considered as the main source for appropriate legal aid in a particular individual case. Tailored advice should be sought from a legal professional, relevant institution, or competent organisation.
The Human Rights Guide is provided on an ‘as is’ and ‘as available’ basis. By this, we mean:
- Whilst we make every effort for this website to be accurate, up-to-date, error-free and accessible, we don’t provide any guarantees or warranties.
- This website contains external links to other websites. As these websites are not under our control, we are not responsible in any way for any of their content and cannot guarantee that these websites are accurate, up-to-date, error free or accessible.
- This website is regularly updated and we can make changes at any time without notice. This also applies to these Terms, which we may change from time to time. Please review this page regularly, as by using this website, you give your implied consent to these Terms.
- The content of the Human Rights Guide is country-specific. Discrepancies in content and translation between the different language versions may occur.
- The use of this website and reliance on its content is at your own risk, as we assume no responsibility and disclaim all liability for losses or damages.
- We do not offer additional legal aid, support or other help.
We do not collect personal data or track users. We collect only anonymised statistics in order to understand how the Human Rights Guide is used, to keep the Human Rights Guide relevant in the future, and to report to our financial donors and supporting partners. We use the analytics software Matomo, which is installed on our own servers. By using this website, you agree that technical and analytical cookies are placed on your device.
Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of Latvia.
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When contacting us, please note that we cannot offer additional free legal aid or other support and we do not respond to such requests.