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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)
 

The report from the general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which were held on October 5 2002, is available on the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s website . (20-FEB-03) 

The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina has published a report on the State of Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2002. Read the report (20-FEB-02)
 

The organization Women to Women has organized two workshops in April: “Women in Islam” (April 3) and “Women in Catholic religion.” (April 24) Read more about the organization´s activities. (7-MAY-02)
 
 

The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina held its Regular Annual Assembly on the 26th of April, in Sarajevo. (7-MAY-02)
 

Center for Protection of Minorities have stopped their activities and moved out of the Human Rights House of Sarajevo. However, another organization, The Coalition of NGO’s in BH “IZLAZ,” has moved in. (18 April, 2002)
 

The International Helsinki Foundation has collected some voices from Helsinki Committees in the region, commenting on the first weeks of the trial against Slobodan Milosevic before the Hague Tribunal. Read more (16 April, 2002)