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Human rights protections in the Western Balkans lag behind aspirations for European integration, Human Rights Watch said today. In its World Report 2010, Human Rights Watch documents human rights conditions and issues in Bosnia, Republic of Croatia, Serbia, and Kosovo.

Human Rights House of Sarajevo, member of the Human Rights House Network, seeks international support in fight against the attack on human rights defender, Enver Murgic (on right).

Racism, Intolerance, Ethnicity and Religion in B&H

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Human Rights House of Sarajevo calls NGO sector in B&H, particularly the Informal NGO Coalition for UPR, to react on proposal of ”zippered lists” for the Election Law of B&H, that represents threat to the democracy in B&H.

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, delivered today the Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Sejdic and Finci versus Bosnia and Herzegovina, accusing B&H of discrimination towards national minorities. Sejdic and Finci complained of their ineligibility to stand for election to the House of Peoples and the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the ground of their Roma and Jewish origin.

In Trebinje, the hardest thing today is to be Blazo Stevovic, the president of “Alternative Club Trebinje” and member of “Alliance for Fight Against Corruption and Criminal”.

The High Representative, Valentin Inzko, extended the mandate of international judges and prosecutors in B&H, which caused different opinions in the country. While some in Republika Srpska have expressed disapproval of his Decision, representatives of judicial institutions have welcomed it, claiming it is “of key importance to their work”.

Yesterday, on International Human Rights Day, the Human Rights House of Sarajevo supported the letter of Democratization Policy Council addressed to High Representative Valentin Inzko, calling on him to impose the extension of international judges and prosecutors in the Court of BiH, whose terms expire on Dec 14th. A number of Peace Implementation Council (PIC) members are resistant to such a move, fearing the reaction of the Republika Srpska Premier Milorad Dodik.