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Commissioner highlights key steps to better respect the rights of victims and deal with the past in the region of the former Yugoslavia

08/02/2024 Strasbourg

In her letters to the Prime Ministers of the Council of Europe member states in the region of the former Yugoslavia, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, recommends specific steps to be taken to deal with the violent past and move more resolutely toward social...

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Joint commemoration and remembrance of the victims of past genocides brings light into the darkness

27/01/2024 Strasbourg

“The joint Muslim-Jewish observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day is a beacon of hope at a time when divisions often seem insurmountable. This commitment to fostering partnerships and meaningful dialogue is a powerful testament to the strength that lies in unity”, said the Council of...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina: the authorities of Republika Srpska should refrain from further restricting the rights of NGOs

21/09/2023 Strasbourg

In a letter addressed to the President of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, Nenad Stevandić, published today, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, raises concerns about the Draft Law on Special Registry and Transparency of the Work of Non-Profit...

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High time to recognise 11 July as an official International Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Srebrenica Genocide

10/07/2023 Strasbourg

"The Srebrenica genocide, in which 8,372 Bosniaks, mainly men and boys, were brutally killed, remains a dark chapter in Europe's collective history. That a genocide was committed in Srebrenica is not a matter of opinion, it is a historical fact, legally established by the International Criminal...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Commissioner urges the city authorities to build a memorial to the killed children of Prijedor

06/07/2023 Strasbourg

Today, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović published a letter addressed to the Mayor and to the President and Vice-President of the City Assembly of Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In her letter, the Commissioner urges the city authorities to engage as soon as...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina: it is high time for a memorial to the killed children of Prijedor to be built

31/05/2023 Strasbourg

On the occasion of the White Armband Day in Prijedor, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović reiterates the importance of securing the right of the families of thousands of victims of war crimes and grave human rights violations committed in this town between 1992...

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It is high time to execute the Sejdić and Finci group of judgments and ensure full elimination of ethnic discrimination from the Constitution and electoral legislation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

12/05/2023 Strasbourg

The Commissioner published today her submission to the Committee of Ministers in the context of the supervision of the execution of the Sejdić and Finci group of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. This group of judgments relates to discrimination against the applicants on account of...

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High time for the authorities to accept LGBTI people and their rights, the perpetrators of the attack in Banja Luka must be sanctioned

21/03/2023 Strasbourg

"The violence unleashed against LGBTI people, human rights defenders and journalists in Banja Luka last Saturday is a worrying and dangerous development and violation of the rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression. The authorities must condemn and investigate the incident, and...

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Srebrenica: The Mothers’ fight for justice should inspire us all

10/07/2022 Srebrenica-Potočari

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović participated today in the inauguration of the ‘Mother’s Scarf’ art installation initiated by the Mothers of Srebrenica, as part of the Srebrenica Heroines Initiative, and issued the following statement: “As we honour the memory...

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Coming to terms with the past and delivering justice is the only way to achieve reconciliation in the former Yugoslavia

08/06/2021 Strasbourg

”I sincerely hope that the confirmation on appeal of Ratko Mladić’s guilty verdict brings the relief of justice done to the many victims who suffered atrocities and lost loved ones in Srebrenica, Sarajevo, and other municipalities during the war in the 1990’s in the former Yugoslavia”, said today...

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* On 16 March 2022, the Committee of Ministers adopted a decision by which the Russian Federation ceased to be a member of the Council of Europe, after 26 years of membership.
** All reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999) and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.