Description
The project entitled Support to the strategy for the development of judiciary in the area of human rights includes monitoring of war crimes trials, trials of hate crimes/hate speech and acts of the judiciary in cases of discrimination and human rights violations. The aim is to gain insights into the functioning of the judiciary and judicial practices regarding the situation in the society and human rights violations. Another aim is to, on the basis of collected facts and figures, affirm the idea of human rights and make them recognizable in the society. Target groups are representatives of various segments of the society, representatives of the executive power, human rights violations victims and the public in general. The project will include: 1. Monitoring of trials; 2. Regular written reports (bi-weekly, quarterly and annual reports), 3. Participation in the work of various working groups and committees related to the judiciary and human rights, 4. Analysis of the Strategy on the development of judiciary 2013-2018 and regular reporting on its implementation 5. Presenting recommendations for improvement of the implementation; 6. Drafting three case studies on discrimination, hate crimes/hate speech, and war crimes; 7. Strategic Litigation of selected Cases 8. Implementation of the communication strategy in relation to the media and other relevant stakeholders.
Summary of project results
Through published biweekly reports, project got an annual review of war crimes, hate crimes, discrimination trials and dealing with the past processes in the RoC. These reports constitute archive collection fit for further analysis. Special reports related to the judiciary development strategy, hate crimes, cases of discrimination and prosecution of terrorist acts in 1990’s have also been published, as well as the annual report on monitoring war crimes in 2015, with recommendations. Within the project a workshop was held for the judiciary on the suppression and prosecution of hate crimes in which all participants deepened their knowledge at a theoretical level as well as at a practical one through discussion and presentation of case law in Bosnia and Poland, compared to the ECHR cases against Croatia. Indisputable result of activities is to be shown through the adoption of requirements of victims of sexual abuse pursuant to the Act on the Rights of Victims of Sexual Violence during the Military Aggression.Strategic cases, as well as public statements will contribute to a better implementation of the law that will contribute to the protection of human right through positive decisions of the judiciary and administrative authorities.
Summary of bilateral results