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First case on domestic violence solved positively
The first case on domestic violence that B.a.B.e. has sent to the European Court for Human Rights has been solved positively. The Republic of Croatia is obliged to pay 40 000 Euros to the family, right, of the deceased, and 1 300 Euros of allowance for the expenses of the request and correspondence with the European court.
Amnesty International: Briefing on Republic of Croatia
During its meeting between 16 March and 3 April 2009, the Human Rights Committee is scheduled to discuss its future examination of the second periodic report of the government of the Republic of Croatia on measures undertaken to give effect to the rights enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
Six Croatian NGOs move into HRH Zagreb
The six organizations that are founders of the Human Rights House Zagreb (HRH Zagreb) will move together and start functioning as a House within September 2009. First the building that was donated by the City of Zagreb will have to be renovated.
Improving social services for asylum seekers
Center for Peace Studies – CMS held a training from 8th-10th January where the Coordination body of organizations for providing social services to asylum seekers in the Republic of Croatia was established. The training was held within CMS long planned project regarding improvement of social services for asylum seekers.
Croatia: World Report 2009
Republic of Croatia made modest improvements in human rights in 2008, motivated by its desire to join the European Union, but it has yet to fully address obstacles to the return and reintegration of Serbs. The impartiality and effectiveness of domestic war crimes prosecutions remains in doubt. The closure of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe mission in December 2007 created a human rights monitoring gap.
Civil society the biggest victim of conflict in Gaza
Centre for peace studies writes an open letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Croatia regarding violation of the resolution 1830 of Security Council on the situation in Middle-East.
Croatian NGOs: Stop the killings in Gaza
Centre for Peace Studies – CMS supports the public appeal of Women’s Network Republic of Croatia along with CESI organization from Zagreb, to stop the killings in Gaza.