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OSCE hosts three-country conference on judicial co-operation in war crimes proceedings
Publishing date: 8 June 2005
VELIKI BRIJUNI, 8 June 2005- The OSCE on Wednesday hosted a conference of justice ministers from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro on inter-state judicial co-operation in war crimes proceedings. Ministers identified...
OSCE Mission to Croatia condemns Vukovar bomb attacks
Publishing date: 23 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
ZAGREB, 23 May 2005- The spokesperson of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Antonella Cerasino, today condemned a series of bomb attacks that occurred over the weekend in the Vukovar area...
OSCE Mission says domestic war crimes trials have improved in Croatia but more progress needed
Publishing date: 26 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
ZAGREB, 26 April 2005- In a report on war crime trials in Croatian courts, the OSCE Mission to Croatia acknowledged recent improvements but concluded that additional reform is needed to provide for impartial domestic adjudication of war crimes in...
OSCE Mission to Croatia concerned returnees may lose homes
Publishing date: 8 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 8 April 2005- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia is concerned that an increasing number of Serb returnees in Croatia may lose their homes due to unfair and incomplete legal regulations and biased decisions by some local courts. The recent...
OSCE Mission to Croatia concerned about renaming of streets
Publishing date: 25 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
ZAGREB, 25 March 2005- The OSCE Mission to Croatia is concerned that the renaming of places and streets in commemoration of people and events could prove divisive and undermine reconciliation efforts in Croatian society...
OSCE Croatia mission fears proposed election changes could penalize minority voters
Publishing date: 11 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Elections, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 11 March 2005- The OSCE Mission to Croatia is concerned that proposed electoral legislation changes, forwarded to Parliament under a "fast-track" procedure, could seriously restrict the exercise of voting rights of many citizens. The Mission...
OSCE Mission Head presents three-year review of Croatia
Publishing date: 10 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, National minority issues
VIENNA, 10 March 2005- Ambassador Peter Semneby today presented to the OSCE Permanent Council an overview of his last three years as the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia as well as priority issues for the future. "Croatia has made remarkable and...