Letter to Prime Minister: Respect for victims of Nazi collaborator’s regime should all ministries respect
Ombudswoman Lora Vidović wrote a letter to the Prime Minister Andrej Plenković requesting his personal effort in ensuring that all ministries in his government respect in practice the…
Information exchange on challenges when working with migrants and asylum seekers
Meeting with NGOs and legal advice providers was held on 2 April 2019 in the Office of the Ombudswoman. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange information…
2018 Ombudswoman’s Annual Report Presented to Diplomats
On 30 April 2019 Ombudswoman Lora Vidović presented the key messages of the 2018 Annual Report to the 16 representatives of the diplomatic missions in Croatia. She gave…
Independent civilian police supervision cannot conduct police officials
Since the civilian supervision of the police officials work should be independent, the Ombudswoman sent to the relevant parliamentary committees her opinion on the Draft amendments to the…
Ombudswoman at the Academy’s round table discussion on migration status in international and European law
Many open questions on migrant’s status in Croatia were discussed in the Croatian Academy of Science and Arts, organised on 4 April 2019 by the Scientific Council for…
Analysis: How human rights protection affects emigration and demographic dynamics
In recent 20 years the number of Croatian inhabitants decreased for approximately a half million thus less than 4 million inhabitants now live in Croatia. According to the…
Cooperation with local communities and CSOs is key for suppression of discrimination
Office of the Ombudswoman, together with the House of Human Rights, marked with the international conference on 25 April 2019 a decade of implementation of the Anti-Discrimination Act…
Expert meeting on countering racism, xenophobia and hate crimes against migrants
Treatment of migrants in South-East Europe, countering racism, xenophobia and hate crimes against migrants was in focus of OSCE/ODIHR event in Zagreb, organised in cooperation with the Office…
Croatian ELSA organised moot parliamentary session in Sabor
Moot parliamentary session, a project of the Croatian branch of the Law School Students NGO (ELSA) was held on 17 April 2019 in the Croatian parliament (Sabor). This…
ENO conference 2019 on improving participatory democracy in the EU
How can public administrations, ombudsmen and others better involve citizens in decision-making was the main topic of the annual European Network of Ombudsmen (ENO) conference, which discussed measures…