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Opinion article
Op-ed: De-escalate Bosnia and Herzegovina - before it is too late
EUObserver, 18/11/2021 Warmongering has seriously intensified in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As some politicians, including in the neighbouring countries Serbia and Croatia, ratchet-up their inflammatory rhetoric, the international community struggles to find a response to escalating tensions. This...
Opinion: The Dayton Accords could only do so much
DW, 14/12/2020 The landmark peace agreement was worthy of applause 25 years ago. But now, politicians in Bosnia-Herzegovina need to set aside personal interests and reckon with the country’s war-torn past. When the Dayton Accords concluded 25 years ago, there was much relief in...
Country visit report
Report on Armenia recommends measures to improve women’s rights, protection of disadvantaged or vulnerable groups, and establishing accountability for past human rights violations
Today the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, published the report of her visit to Armenia carried out in September 2018. The report focuses on women’s rights, gender equality and domestic violence; the human rights of disadvantaged or vulnerable groups; and...
Non dimentichiamo Srebrenica
Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa, 11 luglio 2018 Per dare giustizia, riconoscimento e rispetto ai sopravvissuti e alle famiglie delle vittime del genocidio di Srebrenica occorre ripartire dalla scuola: sia in Bosnia Erzegovina che nell'intera regione si deve educare al passato, sfatare...
We must not forget Srebrenica
OpenDemocracy, BalkanInsight, 9 -11 July 2018 Every 11 July since 1995, thousands of people gather in Potočari to commemorate the Srebrenica genocide, the most horrific crime committed in Europe since WWII. Survivors and victims’ families demand justice, recognition and respect. In a few days of...
Pse s’duhet ta harrojmë Srebrenicën
BalkanInsight, 11 July 2018 Mohimi i gjenocidit të Srebrenicës duhet të marrë fund, autorët e pa gjykuar dhe të gjykohen dhe nxënësit e shkollave duhet të mësojnë për të vërtetën e masakrave të korrikut 1995, thotë Dunja Mijatoviç, Komisionerja për të Drejtat e Njeriut e Këshillit të Europës....
Srebrenicu ne smemo da zaboravimo
BBC Serbia, 10 July 2018 Svakog 11. jula posle 1995. godine, hiljade ljudi se okuplja u Potočarima u sećanje na žrtve genocida u Srebrenici, najstrašnijeg zločina izvršenog na evropskom tlu nakon Drugog svetskog rata. Preživeli i porodice žrtava traže pravdu, priznanje i poštovanje. Read the...
Genocid u Srebrenici traje i danas kroz negiranje i nekažnjivost
Danas, 10 July 2018 Svakog 11. jula posle 1995. godine, hiljade ljudi se okuplja u Potočarima u sećanje na žrtve genocida u Srebrenici, najstrašnijeg zločina izvršenog na evropskom tlu nakon Drugog svetskog rata. Read the original article on Danas
Srebrenicu ne smijemo zaboraviti
Oslobodjenje, 10 July 2018 Svakog 11. jula nakon 1995. godine hiljade ljudi okuplja se u Potočarima u sjećanje na žrtve genocida u Srebrenici, najstrašnijeg zločina počinjenog na evropskom tlu nakon Drugog svjetskog rata. Preživjeli i porodice žrtava traže pravdu, priznanje i poštovanje. Read the...
Ne smemo pozabiti Srebrenice
Dnevnik, 11 July 2018 Vsakega 11. julija od leta 1995 se na stotine ljudi zbere v Potočarih, da bi zaznamovali spomin na genocid v Srebrenici, najbolj grozljiv zločin, zagrešen v Evropi po drugi svetovni vojni. Zahtevajo pravico, priznanje in spoštovanje. Žal pa je preveč politikov gluhih za te...
Srebrenicu ne smijemo zaboraviti
BalkanInsight, 11 July 2018 Negiranje genocida u Srebrenici mora se okončati, neprocesuiranim počiniocima se mora suditi, a učenici moraju učiti istinu o masakrima koji su počinjeni u julu 1995. godine, smatra Dunja Mijatović, Komesar Vijeća Evrope za ljudska prava. Read the original article on...
Country visit report
Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities should spare no effort to build a truly cohesive society and effectively protect media freedom
“The authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina should lay the foundations for a more cohesive society by tackling the disruptive legacy of the war. It is particularly crucial to step up the prosecution of wartime crimes and uphold the human rights of all civilian war victims, especially internally...
Memorandum
Justice, social cohesion and media freedom remain top challenges in Kosovo*
“Eighteen years after the end of the conflict, thousands of people are still denied justice in Kosovo. It is high time to change course and build a just and cohesive society. Major conditions for achieving this are to prosecute and effectively sanction all persons involved in wartime crimes,...
Country visit report
Ireland should remove obstacles to the equality of Travellers, women and children
“The Irish government should ensure that the economic upturn benefits the most vulnerable groups and should promote equality of Travellers, women and children by removing the barriers that disproportionately hinder them from fully enjoying their rights”, said the Council of Europe Commissioner...
Country visit report
Serbia: Impunity for war crimes, discrimination and lack of media freedom hamper human rights progress
Read the report “Serbia has to show more resolve in addressing the legacy of the past, to improve the fight against discrimination and to establish a safer media environment” said Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, while releasing the report based on his visit to the...
Country visit report
Montenegro: overcoming wartime legacy and strengthening media freedoms remain priorities
“Montenegro has an important role in regional efforts to establish the truth about serious human rights violations committed during the wars of the 1990s in the region of former Yugoslavia. However, impunity for wartime crimes and access to adequate reparations for all war victims remain issues...
Opinion article
Justice has to be done for all the erased
Delo (Slovenia), 19/10/2013 Twenty two years have passed since the erasure of more than 25 000 persons from the Slovene Register of Permanent Residents, a decision which caused serious violations of human rights and grave suffering of the individuals concerned and their families. As a result, the...
Country visit report
Bridging interethnic divisions should be a top priority in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
"Several milestones have been reached since the signing of the Ohrid Framework agreement which ended the 2001 conflict, including in the areas of local government, the use of languages and equitable representation. However, deep politicisation along party lines and political patronage undermine...
Letter
Slovenia: The human rights violations suffered by the ‘erased’ still not fully redressed
"The "erasure" of thousands of people from the Register of Permanent Residents of Slovenia in 1992 continues to adversely affect the human rights of many ‘erased' persons. The Slovenian government should step up its efforts and provide adequate reparation to all victims" said Nils Muižnieks,...
Letter to the Prime Minister of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"
Letter from the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights to Mr Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" CommDH(2010)36 / 07 September 2010 Reply to the letter from the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights to the Prime Minister of "the former...