War rape victims are neglected in Croatia, the human rights NGO Documenta warned, requesting changes to the law and changes in the social attitudes to restore dignity to victims.
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Following a RECOM round table in Skopje, the Macedonian President, Gjorge Ivanov, met the team of regional REKOM advocates.
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Under the auspices of the government, a protest march was held in Belgrade on Sunday against the acquittal of two Croatian generals by the Hague Tribunal.
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Natasa Kandic, head of the Humanitarian law center, paid homage to the victims of the 1991 Vukovar massacre on Saturday - while expressing surprise at the recent acquittals of the two Croatian generals in The Hague.
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Representatives of refugee associations in Serbia will submit a draft resolution to Serbia's parliament following the surprise acquittal in The Hague of generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac.
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The signing of the petition aimed at gathering public support for adopting a state law on the rights of torture victims will take place over the next forty days in several Bosnian towns.
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Civilian victims of war are amongst "the most vulnerable groups in a society" and "deserve respect", the Croatian president, Ivo Josipovic, said on Friday.
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The United Nations Human Rights Committee urged the Bosnian authorities to expedite the prosecution of war crimes cases and ensure effective protection and support for victims.
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Representatives of several NGOs from Republika Srpska have refused to take part in a round table discussion of the draft of the Bosnian Transitional Justice Strategy, claiming that the document is “offensive”.
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More than 100 survivors of the Srebrenica genocide are in Strasbourg to file an appeal at the European Court of Human Rights against a verdict which freed Dutch UN peacekeepers of responsibility for failing to prevent the 1995 massacre.
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In a letter to the UN Human Rights Committee a Swiss NGO has criticised a failure of the Bosnian authorities to investigate the murder of two elderly Bosnian Serb women during the war.
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Seeking to gain support for the creation of regional truth commission, RECOM advocates are asking citizens of the capitals in the region to send postcards to their presidents.
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The Court and Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina must improve their outreach activities and be more open to victims and witnesses, a round table in Sarajevo concluded.
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A remembrance service for those killed when the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, occupied the town of Orahovac in Kosovo in 1998 was held in Belgrade on Wednesday.
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The celebrated French designer Agnes B. has donated 40, 000 euros to the “Education builds Bosnia and Herzegovina” foundation, in order to sponsor children of victims of war.
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