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UPR Brochure published by HRH Sarajevo

HRH Sarajevo has published 500 samples of the UPR brochure which contains Bosnian and English version of the Final NGO Report for UPR of Bosnia and Herzegovina, submitted in September 2009.

Published: October 1, 2009 Author: HRH Sarajevo / Lejla Mazlic

The aim of this publication is to inform the broadest public, and especially interested individuals and organizations, with the points of view of NGO sector regarding the human rights situation in B&H, and to make possible for them to actively engage in the efforts for promotion and improvement of human rights in B&H.

The publication is printed within the project "The UPR Process – Occasion to Strengthen Civil Society and Improve Human Rights in B&H", implemented by the Human Rights House of Sarajevo together with other civil society actors, and financed by the Embassy of Switzerland and Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is supported by the Human Rights House Network.

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UPR Brochure by HRH Sarajevo

B&H NGO report for UPR (in Bosnian and English).

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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