Amnesty International Report 2009: Croatia 2009-05-28 · Amnesty International (AI) Amnesty International’s Report 2009 evaluates the human rights situation throughout 2008 in Croatia. The report affirmes that despite slow progress in prosecution of war crimes committed by members of the Croatian Army and police forces against Croatian Serbs and other minorities during the 1991-1995 war, the country continued to move towards full integration with the EU. Physical attacks and intimidation of journalists increased.

Media maneuvers in wounded society 2009-03-26 · B92 The iconic Serbian broadcaster B92 was founded in 1989 in the expectation of a new era of media independence. But Serbia had reckoned without Slobodan Milosevic, and the media became a key part of his nationalist propaganda arsenal. Along with other courageous publications, B92 survived the war into the new, more open media climate. But like society itself, the media bears the scars of war, writes B92 founder Veran Matić.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2008: Serbia 2009-03-25 · US Department of State The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress, cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This report on Serbia states that in 2008 the government generally respected the human rights of its citizens; however, the following human rights problems were reported: police brutality; corruption in the police and the judiciary; inefficient and ...

Report by the Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, on his visit to Serbia (13-17 October 2008) 2009-03-11 · Council of Europe Council of Europe Commissioner for Human rights Thomas Hammarberg published this report on his visit to Serbia, highlighting progress but also "obstacles .. to the effective implementation of human rights standards." In the report he proposes a set of recommendations in relation to the judiciary, discrimination, police behaviour and conditions of detention in the report. Hammarberg also touched upon the condition of the Roma, the issues related to media policy and disabled rights.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2008: Macedonia 2009-02-25 · US Department of State The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This report on Macedonia states that in 2008 the government generally respected the human rights of its citizens; however, there were problems in some areas. Rule of law problems were seen in judicial and police procedures, including ...