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The Serbian Civil Council / Movement for Equality in Bosnia and Hercegovina protects citizens of all nations in Bosnia and Hercegovina. These days, the organisation is making a special effort to fund and in other ways help Serbian families repair their homes. (17-DEC-03)
 

Yesterday, on the 10th of December, the Human Rights House in Bosnia and Hercegovina opened its doors and hosted a well attended round table to mark the 56th International Human Rights Day. The event generated lots of attention, not only to the human rights cause, but also to the ideas and initiatives, aims and activities carried out by the six organisations in the house. (11-DEC-03)
 

One of the six organisations in the Human Rights House in Sarajevo, the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Hercegovina (HCHR BH), has organised its ninth intensive course in human rights for youth in Sarajevo. The course had 18 participants, all young students from the whole of Bosnia and Hercegovina.(05-DEC-03)
 

From November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, to December 10, the International Human Rights´ Day, Zena Zenama organises a number of different activities against male violence. This problem is bigger than people think, says Jadranka Milisevic of Zena Zenama.(27-NOV-03)
 

The majority of the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina´s has received a massive boost to its hope of joining the EU after it was announced that Bruxelles accepts the positive conclusions of the feasibility study, assessing BiH´s suitability for membership. (20-NOV-03)
 

Under the leadership of the Helsinki Commitee for Human Rights, the Human Rights House in Sarajevo has realised the pilot project “For Equal Possibilities – Realisation of the Human Rights of People with Special Needs” in the Canton of Tuzla in BiH and in the municipality of Bijeljina in the Republic of Srpska. (18-NOV-03)

Today, on the 18th of November, the President of the European Commission Romano Prodi is hosting a meeting to discuss the possible inclusion of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union. Joining the union will affect the country´s political make-up, its constitution and all bureaucratic institutions (18-NOV-03)
 

According to the steering boards of the Helsinki Committees in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Replublika Srpska the human rights situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina has deteriorated since the general elections in October 2002. Returnees are exposed to violence, and religious objects are attacked in order to preserve “ethnically clean” territories. (15-APR-03)
 

In 2002, no real progress was made in the area of protection of human rights and freedoms in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Read a summary of the human rights situation in BiH and activities in the Human Rights House in Sarajevo. File: Background 2002  (26-FEB-03)