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Meeting on the forthcoming UPR hearing of Bosnia Herzegovina

with Belgian Diplomatic Bureau

Published: November 30, 2009 Author: Lejla Mazlic

When: Monday, 7. December 2009 11:00
To: Monday, 7. December 2009
Where: Sarajevo, B&H, Ante Fijamenga 14b
Host: Human Rights House of Sarajevo
Contact: Lejla Mazlic (sarajevo@humanrightshouse.org / + 387 33 660 811)

Human Rights House of Sarajevo will hold a meeting with H.E. Alex Lenaerts, from Belgian Diplomatic Bureau in Sarajevo, 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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