MEPs warn Várhelyi of serious situation in Serbia in regard to human rights
STRASBOURG – A group of 21 MEPs sent a letter to European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi in which they point out to...
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Human rights in Serbia at the time of the pandemic: Violation or justified limitation?
Serbia is one of the countries with the most rigorous measures taken due to the COVID-19 pandemic, introduced after a state of emergency was declared...
Serbia’s Chapters 23 and 24: Authorities care for the form, not the essence of reforms
BELGRADE – Apart from the long delay in the amendment of the Constitution, Serbian state authorities “shirk” their duties in numerous domains, the experts in...
EU project supports better monitoring of human rights in BiH
by EWB Archives
SARAJEVO – Conference on communication and cooperation between the institutions, CSO’s and the media that was held on 22 June marked the end of the EU...
Macedonian Ombudsman: We still have dysfunctional and politicized institutions
by EWB Archives
SKOPJE – We still have politicized and dysfunctional institutions that implement party agendas, said today the National Ombudsman, Idzet Memeti, at the presentation of the...
State Department: Widespread corruption prevents progress in Western Balkans
by EWB Archives
WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of the U.S. has issued The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016....
Human Rights House Belgrade: Growing decay of institutions and the rule of law
by EWB Archives
BELGRADE – Human Rights House Belgrade has issued the Joint NGO Report on key elements of the human rights situation in Serbia....
Amnesty International: Freedom of expression and freedom of media key issues in Balkans
by EWB Archives
Amnesty International (AI) released an annual report on the state of the world’s human rights. Organisation which is supported by more than 7 million people...
EU expert mission for the rule of law in Montenegro
by EWB Archives
PODGORICA – EU expert mission is visiting Montenegrin institutions of the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms in the period 21-25. November 2016 . On...
Declaration by the High Representative on Human Rights Day
by EWB Archives
This year, Human Rights Day launches a one-year celebration by the United Nations of the 50th anniversary of the International Covenant on Civil and Political...