After almost two years Maria Dahle, the Executive Director of the Human Rights House  Foundation visited Zagreb to follow-up the establishment of a Human Rights House in Zagreb. Five years of continuos efforts to set up the House finally yield fruits as the emergence of HRH Zagreb reached it´s final stages. (21-JUN-06)

Written by Goran Milakovic and Nina Luhr/ HRH

Latest development
Maria Dahle, accompanied by Nina Theres Luhr, met with the NGO´s involved in the HRH Zagreb project, in order to asses latest developments on the project and to discuss the possibility of organizing HRH Network Annual Meeting in Zagreb, later this year. In addition, the members of the future HRH Zagreb will submitt a new project proposal on their mutual activities for the coming period.

Meetings with officials
 Since the purpose of the visit was, among other things, to facilitate the emergence of the HRH Zagreb a meeting with the Elisabeth Walaas, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway in Zagreb, was held to inform her about the current situation and challenges in the project.

HRH in Zagreb by the end of 2006?
For five years, the Croatian Helsinki Committee, Women´s Rights Group B.a.B.e. and the Croatian Law Centre have been working together to build up a Human Rights House in Zagreb. During Maria Dahle´s last official visit to Croatia in June 2004, members of the HRH Zagreb received strong support from Vice Prime Minister, Ms. Jadranka Kosor for the realization of the House. Further steps towards the establishment of the HRH Zagreb were made after a valid court decision in 2005 determined that the desirable premises for the HRH is the property of the Republic of Croatia.
-I believe that we shall finally have a Human Rights House by the end of this year. We have been able to maintain solidarity among the three partner organizations and the idea of a HRH is simply too good for things not to work out in the end, said Tin Gazivoda, the initiator of the project in Croatia.