Full Coverage: Law

21.02.2008 The Belgrade Human Rights Centre appeals to the Police, judiciary and executive branch of Government to respect the Constitution and national laws and to secure personal safety and protection of private property for all citizens of Serbia.

21.02.2008 Beogradski centar za ljudska prava poziva policiju, pravosuđe i izvršnu vlast da poštuju Ustav Srbije i domaće zakone i svim građanima Srbije obezbede ličnu slobodu i bezbednost i sigurnost njihove imovine.

18.02.2008 Sanjin Bužo, member of OWPSEE team and experienced human rights and social justice activists in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Southeast Europe, was arrested during the protests last Wednesday, February 13, in front of the Government of the Canton of Sarajevo. Provoked by diverse interpretations of the information surrounding his arrest, Bužo addressed the media and the general public with a public statement, with the aim to clear up certain muted points and accusations against him. The statement, in its full text, follows.

15.02.2008 The Disciplinary Commission of the High Judicial Council of B&H declared Vlado Adamovic, Judge of the B&H Court, responsible of behaviour unbecoming a Judge of the highest court in the country and detrimental to his office, and removed him from his position.

14.02.2008 Protests against the deteriorating security and street crime situation in Sarajevo that started last Saturday, and directly provoked by the brutal murder of 17-year old Denis Mrnjavac, continued yesterday, in front of the Government of the Canton of Sarajevo, with demands for Mayor Semiha Borovac and Cantonal Prime Minister Semir Silajdjic to resign from their positions.

14.02.2008 Amnesty International poziva kosovske vlasti da otvore javnu debatu o nacrtu novog Ustava bez odlaganja.

13.02.2008 Amnesty International i bën thirrje autoriteteve të Kosovës të mundësojnë që drafti i Kushtetutës të jetë i hapur për konsultim publik, pa vonesa.

13.02.2008 Amnesty International calls on the Kosovo authorities to make the draft Constitution available for public consultation without delay.

13.02.2008 The Vukovar District Court ruled that Damir Fintic, administrator of the vukovarac.net web-site, shall pay an amount of 71,000 Kuna to Dragica Stengl, the wife of former Mayor of Vukovar Vladimir Stengl, as compensation for the psychological suffering caused by an article published on the web-site.

13.02.2008 Županijski sud Vukovarske županije presudio je da je Damir Fintić, administrator internet stranice vukovarac.net, dužan platiti otštetu od 71.000 kuna Dragici Štengle, supruzi bivšeg vukovarskoga gradonačelnika Vladimira Štengla, kako kompenzacija za nanesenu duševnu bol.

01.02.2008 Centres for Civil Initiatives (CCI) express their concern over the current policies applied by the Steering Board of RTVBiH (the Public Broadcasting Service) that threatens to destroy the service as independent, politically neutral provider to all citizens that pay the broadcasting fee.

01.02.2008 Centri civilnih inicijativa (CCI) izrazili su zabrinutost zbog trenutne politike Upravnog odbora RTVBiH koja prijeti uništenju ovog servisa kao nezavisnog i samostalnog, neopterećenog politkom, servisom u službi građana BiH - pretplatnika RTV takse.