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2nd meeting on the forthcoming UPR hearing of Bosnia Herzegovina

with the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia

Published: December 9, 2009

When: Tuesday, 15. December 2009 15:00
To: Tuesday, 15. December 2009
Where: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Host: Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia

Human Rights House of Sarajevo will hold a meeting with Slovenian ambassador Mr. Andrej Grasselli, in regards to the up-coming UPR session of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnia and Herzegovina will be the state under universal periodic review in February 2010 in Geneva, and its troika members are countries: Belgium, Nigeria and Slovenia.

The meeting is held within the project "The UPR Process – Occasion to Strengthen Civil Society and Improve Human Rights in B&H", financed by Swiss Embassy and Norwegian Ministry of External Affairs, and supported by Human Rights House Network.

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