News from Balkans
UN concluding observations on the racial discrimination in BiH
According to the Concluding Observations by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - CERD on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Roma people maintain to be the most vulnerable group in BiH, while issues such as discriminatory provisions of the Constitution of BiH, return of refugees and displaced persons, ethnic tensions and hate speech must be resolved as well. 06 Sep 2010 »
Croatian authorities continuously violate the freedom of assembly
Around 140 citizens of the city of Zagreb in Croatia, were recently arrested during the peaceful demonstration in Varsavska Street. These arrests and police interventions continuously happen ever since the protests have started, which represents cruel violations of the freedom to peaceful assembly. Many international and local civil society organizations strongly and continuously react to it. 06 Sep 2010 »
BiH fails to fully implement its international obligations
Although the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina has committed itself on numerous international documents regarding the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms, on the last UPR session in June this year, on the adoption of the UPR report for BiH, out of 125 recommendations made by UN body, BiH accepted only 26 of them. 22 Jul 2010 »
NGO sector on racial discrimination in BiH
''Non-implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is the main generator of human rights violations in BiH over the past years'', it is stated by the NGO Coalition for the UN up-coming session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). 22 Jun 2010 »
New Law On Electronic Communications in MK threat to citizens’ privacy
Recently proposed new Law on Electronic Communications, brought up many negative reactions coming both, from civic and from political sector in the Republic of Macedonia, calling it a threat to citizens’ privacy and attempt of the government to create a police state. 15 Jun 2010 »
Browse news by region
Browse news by right to
- Be a human rights defender (details)
- Freedom of assembly (details)
- Freedom of expression (details)
- Freedom of organisation (details)
Browse news by house
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- Georgia
- Kenya
- Macedonia
- Norway - Bergen
- Norway - Oslo
- Poland
- Russia
- Uganda
- United Kingdom
Browse news by year
Balkans
You need to upgrade your Flash Player to view interactive map