In the case Ulemek v. Croatia (application no. 21613/16) the European Court of Human Rights found a violation of Article 3 (degrading treatment) – concerning the conditions of Mr Ulemek’s...
In the case of A and B v. Croatia (application no. 7144/15, 20/06/2019) the European Court of Human Rights held, by four votes to three, that there had been no...
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir expressed his concern about the high number of lawsuits filed against journalists and news outlets by politicians and public officials...
Human Rights Watch in its World Report 2019 said that Balkan countries made only modest progress last year in the field of human rights, citing lack of support for war...
Croatian police are pushing migrants and asylum seekers back to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in some cases violently, and without giving them the possibility to seek asylum. Human Rights Watch interviewed 20...
The European Court of Human Rights has unanimously declared the application inadmissible in the case of Seražin v. Croatia (application no. 19120/15, 08.11.2018). The case concerned the measures used in...
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published on 2 October the report on its periodic visit to...
In the case of S.M. v. Croatia (application no. 60561/14, 19.07.2018) the European Court of Human Rights held, that there had been a violation of Article 4 (prohibition of slavery...