What is Discrimination and How to Recognize it?
Recently a rental listing for an apartment in Zagreb was posted in one of the specialized Facebook groups in which the owner specified she would only accept tenants…
Rebuilding After the Earthquakes – Obstacles and Recommendations
More than a year and a half after devastating earthquakes struck Croatia’s capital Zagreb and its surrounding areas, and almost a year after the Sisak-Moslavina County experienced the…
Age as Employment Criterion Prohibited
Following the Ombudswoman’s recommendation, a company changed the provisions of its employment policy that had placed older candidates in a less favorable position solely on account of their…
The Government is Responsible for the Success of the Vaccination Uptake
The current pandemic has affected our lives in unprecedented ways, claimed more than 8,200 lives nationally and almost 4 million worldwide and encroached on a wide range of…
Recommendations for Improvements in the Social Welfare System Still “On Hold“
In the recent years several tragic events took place in relation with the functioning of the social welfare system: a dramatic case of domestic violence on the island…
Underreporting and Lack of Data Undermine Efforts to Combat Islamophobia in Europe
Intolerance against Muslims still persists in Europe and the experience of equality bodies shows that they often face discrimination in the fields of employment, access to goods and…
#ProtectTheFacts – Protecting the Truth, Safeguarding the Future
More than a million people were killed at the site of the Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau by the moment of its liberation on 27 January…
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