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.
Human rights trends
Campaigning for strong human rights defenders
The right to be a human rights defender has been reinforced by the resolution adopted by consensus at the Human Rights Council. The resolution focuses on legislation affecting, restricting and criminalising the work and activities of human rights defenders. 21 Mar 2013 »
Bosnia-Herzegovina announces it will change its discriminatory constitutional provisions
In an intervention in Geneva, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia-Herzegovina announced that its country will fulfil its obligations to end discrimination based on ethnicity to access the presidency. 25 Feb 2013 »
A journalist and human rights defender beaten in Bosnia-Herzegovina
In a small town, 170 kilometres south of Sarajevo, a journalist and human rights defender was beaten. Incident qualified by the local police as a minor event. 22 Jul 2012 »
Ratko Mladić goes on trial for genocide
The trial of General Ratko Mladić, the former Bosnian Serb army chief accused of orchestrating war crimes and a campaign of genocide, has begun at a special UN court at The Hague in the Netherlands. Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia recently made their opening statements against Mladić, almost a year after his arrest in Serbia and subsequent deportation. Mladić is accused of 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including orchestrating the week-long massacre of over 7,000 Muslim boys and men at Srebrenica in 1995 during the Bosnian war. 23 May 2012 »
Human rights on the defensive in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to fail to address the problems of discrimination and human rights violations. 30 Jan 2012 »
- Build Bridges not Walls – the role of universities in peacebuilding
- CURE Foundation
- Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Human Rights Education for Active Citizenship in the Western Balkans
- Renaissance - Association of Female Citizens
- Sarajevo Open Centre
- Serbian Civic Council - Movement for Equality
- Woman and Society Center
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo
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