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UNHCR Office and OSCE Mission to Croatia concerned with postponed eviction in Vojnic

Publishing date: 3 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 3 August 2004- The UNHCR Office and OSCE Mission to Croatia expressed concern today at reports that the execution of a 2001 court verdict to vacate the home of an elderly Serb returnee in Central Croatian town of Vojnic has once again been...

OSCE Mission Head says that adequate housing for former occupancy/tenancy rights holders key to closing refugee file in Croatia

Publishing date: 30 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ZAGREB, 30 July 2004- Commenting today on a recent verdict by the European Court of Human Rights, addressing the legality of terminating occupancy/tenancy rights, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia said the task of providing housing...

OSCE: Linguistic cleansing underway in Transdniestria

Publishing date: 15 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
THE HAGUE/CHISINAU, 15 July 2004- "Today's forced closure of the Moldovan School in Tiraspol is nothing less than linguistic cleansing," the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, said on Thursday...

OSCE Media Representative appalled by murder of Russian Forbes magazine editor

Publishing date: 12 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 12 July 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said on Monday he was appalled at the murder of magazine editor Paul Khlebnikov in Moscow. "I am horrified at this brutal killing and call on the Russian...

OSCE Mission welcomes Croatia's refugee return policy, calls for further action

Publishing date: 6 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ZAGREB, 6 June 2004- A report issued by the OSCE Mission to Croatia today welcomed the Croatian Government's commitment on refugee return and reconciliation and calls for further action to put this policy into practice. The Head of the OSCE Mission to...

OSCE Mission calls for reform of domestic war crime procedures in Croatia

Publishing date: 22 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ZAGREB, 22 June 2004- The OSCE Mission to Croatia today issued two reports on war crime trials conducted in Croatian courts acknowledging recent improvements but concluding that additional reform is needed to provide for impartial domestic...

OSCE Mission report encourages strengthening of human rights protection in Croatia

Publishing date: 2 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights
ZAGREB, 2 June 2004- The OSCE Mission to Croatia today presented a report calling on the Croatian authorities to enhance human rights protection by strengthening domestic institutions and harmonizing legislation with the European Convention on Human...