# Canonical recap data for Helsinki Accords on Human Rights (1975)
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slug: helsinki-accords
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1975/helsinki-accords"
title: Helsinki Accords on Human Rights
subtitle: The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe produces binding agreements on human rights and sovereignty—a soft-power victory that emboldened dissidents across the Eastern Bloc.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1975-08-01
datePrecision: day
year: 1975
decade: 1970
country:
name: Finland
slug: finland
summaryShort: The Helsinki Final Act, also known as Helsinki Accords or Helsinki Declaration, was the document signed at the closing meeting of the third phase of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) held in Helsinki, Finland, between 30 July and 1 August 1975, following two years of negotiations known as the
summaryLong: The Helsinki Final Act, also known as Helsinki Accords or Helsinki Declaration, was the document signed at the closing meeting of the third phase of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) held in Helsinki, Finland, between 30 July and 1 August 1975, following two years of negotiations known as the Helsinki Process. All then-existing European countries except Andorra and Hoxhaist Albania, as well as the United States and Canada, signed the Final Act in an attempt to improve the détente between the East and the West. The Helsinki Accords, however, were not binding as they did not have treaty status that would have to be ratified by parliaments. Sometimes the term "Helsinki pact(s)" was also used unofficially.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Helsinki Accords"
importance: 76
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki_Accords"
  title: Helsinki Accords
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: The Helsinki Final Act, also known as Helsinki Accords or Helsinki Declaration, was the document signed at the closing meeting of the third phase of the Confere
wikidataQid: Q318161
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  capturedAt: 2026-06-28
  label: Helsinki Accords
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki_Accords"
