Religious Freedom Day Marked in Croatia
Association for Religious Freedom in the Republic of Croatia marked on 30 January the Religious Freedom Day under the motto „A life without compassion is a mere charade“….
Religious Pluralism – Tolerance as an Indicator of a Society’s Maturity
The richness of the society grows with its diversity and the variety of cultures, nations and religious communities it is comprised of. It is this last element –…
National Minorities in the Electronic Media
Discriminatory speech and hate speech have in the course of the past several years predominantly been directed at the members of national minorities, said Ombudswoman Lora Vidović speaking…
Ombudswomen Introduce President Grabar Kitarović with their Work, Powers and Problems Encountered by Citizens
Following an invitation from President Kolinda Grabar Kitarović, Ombudswoman Lora Vidović participated in a meeting focusing on the work, activities and powers of the institutions of the Ombudsman…
National Human Rights Institutions Exchange Experiences on their Role in Conflict and Post-Conflict Periods
On October 21st and 22nd the city of Kiev, Ukraine, hosted the conference titled “The Role of the National Human Rights Institutions During and After Conflict”. The event…
Two-day Visit of the Slovenian National Preventive Mechanism
Representatives of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) of the Office of the Ombudsman hosted on November 3rd and 4th their colleagues from the NPM of the Republic of…
VIDEO: Refugee Crisis in Croatia
During the three months of the refugee crisis in Croatia over half a million of refugees and migrants have passed through our country. Since the first days of…
International Human Rights Day
Almost 70 years ago, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Two years later, the Assembly pronounced the 10th…
„Far Away from the City – Far Away from the Rights? – Human Rights in Rural Areas“
Almost 2 million citizens of Croatia live in rural and semi-urban areas. The fact that they live at some distance from the urban centers often entails the inaccessibility…
Ombudswoman Vidović elected Chair of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions
The efforts of the Office of the Ombudswoman aimed at the protection and the promotion of human rights have once again been validated at the international level. Ombudswoman…