Bosnia and Herzegovina – Human Rights House Sarajevo
The Human Rights House in Sarajevo was established in 1998 with the support of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Law Students Humanitarian Action (HumAk) and the Human Rights House Foundation in Oslo. The House has become a place where the representatives of NGOs meet and work together and is open for holding seminars and workshops, round tables, press conferences, meetings, gatherings, promotions of books etc. for other NGOs in B&H.
Latest news
Press freedom promoter from Bosnia and Herzegovina named OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
The 56 OSCE participating States appointed today Dunja Mijatovic (on right) of Bosnia and Herzegovina as the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. 11 Mar 2010 »
The great Sarajevo march for International Women's Day
''Equal pay for equal work - Votes for Women - We want women's human rights every day - Stop violence against women'', were just some of many slogans that we could’ve seen and heard on the Osmomartovski march organized by CURE Foundation on Monday in Sarajevo, in occasion of the International Women's Day. 11 Mar 2010 »
HRH Sarajevo urges BH authorities to accept the UPR Recommendations
Human Rights House of Sarajevo – HRH Sarajevo, in its letter addressed to the Minister of the Human Rights and Refugees in B&H, Safet Halilovic and to the President of the Council of Ministers of B&H, Nikola Spiric, in behalf of the Informal NGO Coalition for the UPR, expressed the satisfaction over the results and the interactive dialogue during the UPR session of B&H held in late February 2010. 09 Mar 2010 »
HCHR published a map of the activities
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in B&H - HCHR, recently published a map of its activities conducted in year 2009. The map is not only a graphic insight into the HCHR project activities, but also an insight to BH areas in which those projects were implemented. 08 Mar 2010 »
Ejup Ganic arrested in UK on Serbia warrant
A member of Bosnia's war-time presidency, Ejup Ganic, right, was arrested in London on Monday at the request of Serbian authorities. The arrest followed a request submitted by Serbia late on Sunday, alleging Ganic's responsibility for war crimes related to an attack by Bosnian troops against a column of Yugoslav People’s Army, JNA, troops in Sarajevo at the start of Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. 03 Mar 2010 »