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On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, B.a.B.e. devoted their activities to actualization of sex crime issues, having in mind that sexual harassment, rapes and other sex crimes clearly show how hard it is to eliminate prejudices that are being present in the heads of individuals and communities for centuries.

Vesna Terselic, the Leader of Documenta from Zagreb, Mirsad Tokaca, the Director of the Research and Documentation Centre from Sarajevo, and Natasa Kandic, the Executive Director of the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) from Belgrade were awarded the annual Schwarzkopf Europe Prize this year.

CMS recently promoted their TV video clip named “Violence leaves marks“, and published two so called ”peace posters” within their campaign „Peace in Schools“. The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness of general public and decision makers in the area of education, on issue of violence and violent behaviour among youth and its permanent consequences on the society.

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The Human Rights House Foundation, Georgian Human Rights Centre and the Human Rights House in the Republic of Croatia are concerned about the continuous oppression of the freedom of expression in the Croatian media, especially its public services. This is a second Croatian human rights activists’ alert in the year 2009; unfortunately, there was no proper response or elicited activity on the part of the Government or the Croatian Parliament.

Human Rights House Zagreb, Republic of Croatia, member of the Human Rights House Network, seeks international support in its fight against continuous oppression of the freedom of expression in the Croatian media, especially its public services.

The UN Human Rights Committee considered the second periodic report of Republic of Croatia on its session held on 14th and 15th of October 2009, pointing out its positive aspects, but also issues of concern, and recommendations.

Association for Promotion of Equal Opportunities for People With Disabilities – UPIM (APEO) has recently launched National Campaign for Disability Employment, called “To Us, The Crisis Is Always”. The aim of the Campaign is to promote the disability issue in the media and in that way, make the public sensitive, especially employers, to disability unemployment issue in the Republic of Croatia.

Documenta – Center for Dealing with the Past Zagreb, Center for Peace, Non-Violence and Human Rights Osijek and Nansen Dialogue, on behalf of the Coalition Initiative of Establishing a Regional Commission for Truth-seeking and Truth-telling About War Crimes (RECOM), held a meeting in mid-October with civil society actors and religious communities in Osijek.