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Vego: Anti-discrimination is not a law, it’s a way of life
Center for Peace Studies – CMS took part in drafting the Act on Elimination of Discrimination in the Republic of Croatia – ZDS. Legal experts in the Republic of Croatia, evaluated the law itself as passable, but had remarks to make on the shortcomings of certain parts and provisions of the Act. Their remarks are mostly on the lack of a certain hierarchy between discriminatory basis.
Unemployed women with disabilities more susceptible to diseases
According to the recent research of National Institute for Public Health of Republic of Croatia (HZJZ), it is important to increase the number of employed women with disabilities, enable them to undergo re-training and additional education, and to provide them with social support “through self-help groups’’ and creative work.
CMS study visit and seminar
The role of civil society in offering protection and services to refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons.
APEO: Lack of parking places for persons with disabilities
Association for Promotion of Equal Possibilities to People With Disabilities – APEO, organized a round table last week on topic “Let’s make parking spaces available for persons with disabilities”.
Right of access to information violated in Croatia
A group of Croatian NGOs, including the organisations at the Human Rights House of Zagreb, has issued a press release regarding the recent police action towards Marko Rakar, right, Croatian blogger and columnist, calling state officials to respect international standards of citizens’ rights of access to information.
Croatian NGOs submitted the UPR report to the UN
Nineteen non-governmental organizations for the protection and promotion of human rights in the Republic of Croatia, gathered in an ad hoc coalition, and made the UPR report on the current situation and level of respect of the human rights in this country.
CMS Round Table
“New verdicts of the European Court of Human Rights against the Republic of Croatia, and new cases from Croatia before the Court”
SOM Group presented in HRH Zagreb
SOM group, together with its goals and future activities, was presented yesterday in the premises of the Human Rights House of Zagreb in the Republic of Croatia. It represents a group of individuals that advocate for free and responsible media in the Republic of Croatia.