http://humanrightshouse.orgenHuman Rights House Foundationniels.jacob@humanrightshouse.org (Niels Jacob Harbitz)Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:06:02 GMTThu, 23 May 2013 12:18:13 GMTNoop 2.360http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/19086http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/19086.htmlThe 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.Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:06:02 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/15961http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/15961.htmlAmnesty International (AI) is concerned about the ongoing impunity for war crimes in Croatia and calls on authorities to investigate and prosecute all cases committed during the 1991-1995 war in Croatia. Witnesses, who could provide necessary evidence through their testimonies, are reluctant to do so due to ongoing threats and intimidation against them. The victims and their relatives are left without access to justice and reparation.Sun, 20 Feb 2011 12:13:31 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14984http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14984.htmlAround 140 citizens of the city of Zagreb in the Republic of Croatia were recently arrested during a peaceful demonstration in Varsavska Street. Arrests and other police interventions have been happening continuously ever since the protests started. International and local civil society organizations have reacted to these violations of the right to freedom of assembly.Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:23:45 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14190http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14190.htmlCenter for Peace Studies - CMS took part in drafting the Act on Elimination of Discrimination in the Republic of Croatia – ZDS. Legal experts in the Republic of Croatia, evaluated the law itself as passable, but had remarks to make on the shortcomings of certain parts and provisions of the Act. Their remarks are mostly on the lack of a certain hierarchy between discriminatory basis.Tue, 11 May 2010 12:14:45 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14164http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14164.htmlAccording to the recent research of National Institute for Public Health of Republic of Croatia (HZJZ), it is important to increase the number of employed women with disabilities, enable them to undergo re-training and additional education, and to provide them with social support "through self-help groups’’ and creative work.Thu, 06 May 2010 11:13:28 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14015http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14015.htmlNineteen non-governmental organizations for the protection and promotion of human rights in the Republic of Croatia, gathered in an ad hoc coalition, and made the UPR report on the current situation and level of respect of the human rights in this country.Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:24:52 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14061http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14061.htmlAssociation for Promotion of Equal Possibilities to People With Disabilities – APEO, organized a round table last week on topic "Let's make parking spaces available for persons with disabilities".Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:19:12 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14022http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/14022.htmlA group of Croatian NGOs, including the organisations at the Human Rights House of Zagreb, has issued a press release regarding the recent police action towards Marko Rakar, right, Croatian blogger and columnist, calling state officials to respect international standards of citizens' rights of access to information.Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:39:36 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13968http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/13968.htmlSOM group, together with its goals and future activities, was presented yesterday in the premises of the Human Rights House of Zagreb in the Republic of Croatia. It represents a group of individuals that advocate for free and responsible media in the Republic of Croatia.Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:38:51 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13915http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/13915.htmlActivists of Association Right to the City and Green Action submitted to USKOK (Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime), criminal charges against Mayor of Zagreb, Milan Bandic, charging him for abuse of office and authority, and for concluding the contract with Hoto group for the project in Varsavska street, which is harmful for the city of Zagreb. A submission was accompanied by a protest of almost 200 activists and citizens in front of USKOK building in Gajeva street, Zagreb.Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:44:44 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13876http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/13876.htmlCoordination Council of the Coalition for RECOM kindly requested last week all print and electronic media, to publish their reaction on recent attacks made upon RECOM initiative and its activists, by several media houses in BiH.Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:18:49 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13875http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/13875.htmlMembers of the Human Rights House of Zagreb, Documenta and GOLJP, organized a press conference in the late March, on occasion of the verdict on appeal in the case against the accused Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac for crimes committed in the Medacki dzep (Medak Pocket).Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:57:07 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13796http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/13796.htmlThe European Court of Human Rights ruled last week that the segregation of Roma in primary schools in Medjimurje, Republic of Croatia, was discriminatory. Fifteen Croatian nationals of Roma origin had complained to the Court in Strasbourg that they had been segregated at their primary schools because they belong to the Roma ethnicity.Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:02:14 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13681http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/13681.htmlWithin the framework of the project „Monitoring of War Crime Trials in the Processes of Dealing With the Past“ in the period between April 2004 and 31 December 2009, Documenta monitored a total of 68 cases at county courts in the Republic of Croatia which represents about 77.2 % of all cases that were conducted during that period or are still ongoing.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:26:53 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13548http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/13548.htmlDocumenta calls on all citizens who have any information about the victims of war in the Republic of Croatia (killed, disappeared, tortured, imprisoned... ), perpetrators, witnesses and / or text, photo or video documentation of war crimes committed during the war to contact and join Documenta in creating a true and based on the facts views of the war happenings in the period from 1991 – 1995, and the complete list of victims of war.Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:49:47 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13486http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/13486.htmlHuman Rights House Zagreb sent open letters to the president of the Republic of Croatia, Ivo Josipovic and the Prime Minister, Jadranka Kosor, regarding the almost forgotten case of Vesna Balenovic (on right), who was removed from her position after pointing out criminal actions in the company she was working.Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:24:47 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13400http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/13400.htmlGreen Action and the members of the Human Rights House Zagreb (B.a.B.e., CMS, Documenta, and GOLJP) organized a fundraising night on Saturday, January 30th 2010, in the premises of the Human Rights House Zagreb, in order provide a donor assistance for the victims in Haiti.Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:57:09 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13380http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/13380.htmlAt 03.30 AM last Thursday in Zagreb, Republic of Croatia, around 100 riot police officers arrested 23 activists from "Green Action" and "Right to the City". The raid took place just hours after 4000 people turned out in snowy conditions to protest against turning part of the pedestrian zone into a ramp for an underground garage planned as part of the Floral Square (Cvjetni trg) and as part of luxury flat complexes that are developing in the old part of Zagreb.Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:54:29 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13317http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/13317.htmlA public hearing on the recommendations of the UN Committee for Republic of Croatia in 2009 and a workshop on the new UN mechanism for the protection of human rights, were held last Thursday, in the Center for Human Rights in Zagreb, together in cooperation with the Human Rights House Network.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:44:28 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13282http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/13282.html"Do not touch Roma, they are infected" is a label that has recently appeared on the counter of a bus station in Zagreb. Some of the shocked travelers took photos of it and forwarded them to the media in Zagreb in order to draw attention to the racist breakdown in the Croatian capital.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:57:32 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13223http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/13223.htmlIstrian people with disabilities finally have the opportunity to take the driving test in adjusted cars and classrooms. The ceremony in occassion of the new APEO project "Invalid Plus - Driving School for All" was held on Monday in front of the adjusted classrooms of the Croatian Automobile Club - HAK building in Pula.Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:32:44 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13221http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/13221.htmlHRH Zagreb organized a round table today, on "Encouraging the elimination of all forms of violence". The round table is part of the pilot project "I listen, I hear, I understand", implemented by B.a.B.e. and financially supported by the Ministry of Family, Veterans and Intergenerational Solidarity - MOBMS.Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:23:39 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13102http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/13102.htmlCMS, CZMOS and Documenta wrote a public statement on the occasion of 12 years of peaceful reintegration of Eastern Slavonia and Podunavlje, calling the public and authorities to recognize the importance of this model of reintegration by officially announcing 15th January - a day of peace-building, trust and inter-national reconciliation.Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:40:15 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13077http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/13077.htmlLate December, B.a.B.e. representative Suzana Kunac presented significant research results on attitudes towards the European Union among Croatians. Youth are the most sceptical, it seems.Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:10:57 GMThttp://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13064http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/13064.htmlThe opposition Social Democrat, Ivo Josipovic, has won Croatia's presidential election by a wide margin. Mr Josipovic has pledged to lead an "uncompromising fight against corruption" and to help the government complete EU membership talks this year.Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:48:18 GMT