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30.11.2005 Between November 22 and 24, a shipment of six truckloads of corn returned to Croatia, originally exported to Hungary, to a known buyer, by Agragold Company from Zagreb. The Hungarians returned the corn accompanied with a report by a Budapest laboratory which states that the shipment contained genetically modified corn, report Osijek Greens.

30.11.2005 The government and senior police officers will be taken to court by a UK human rights group unless they provide evidence they have investigated reports that CIA 'torture flights' have landed in Britain or used British airspace.

29.11.2005 On the occasion of the entry into force of the new Broadcasting Law of the Republic of Macedonia, the Media Development Centre held a press conference earlier today, at the NGO InfoCentre. Roberto Belicanec, MDC Executive Director, and Gazmend Ajdini from IREX-ProMedia addressed the press.

29.11.2005 Campaigners welcomed Total Oil's "humiliating climbdown" on Tuesday ­in a case in which the company was being sued in French courts over its involvement in forced labour in Burma. In an out of court settlement, the company agreed to set up a £3.5 million humanitarian fund.

29.11.2005 Marinko Jurcevic, the Chief Prosecutor of the B&H Office of Prosecution, denied all allegations that his Office doesnÂ’t treat equally all parties in the war crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

28.11.2005 The Matija Gubec civic initative for resistance to the space for political discretion, came out with public reaction on the ruling adopted by the Constitutional Court to abolish the Law on Changes and Amendments to the Law on Public Gathering.

26.11.2005 The “No Shame” action organized yesterday in Zagreb by the Autonomous Women’s House Zagreb, B.a.B.e. women human rights group, and the ROSA Centre for women victims of War>, and with participation by the Zenska Soba (Women Room) organization, marked the International Day of Fight against Violence against Women. The topic of the action was the violence against women and the legal and judicial treatment of the criminal offence of rape.

25.11.2005 Several women NGOs from Skopje, in partnership with government ministries, launched the DonÂ’t Hide It, Report it campaign earlier today, organized under the auspices of the 16 Days of Activism global campaign.

24.11.2005 The Serbian Victimology Society requested a meeting with Vida Petrovic - Skero, the Head of the Supreme Court of Serbia, to discuss the judicial practices in murder cases caused by family violence. In a letter to Petrovic - Skero, the Victimology Society said that the current judicial practice is "...inadequate for cases of murders of satraps, committed by female victims".

24.11.2005 The Netherlands is demanding guarantees from its NATO partners in Afghanistan and from President Hamid Karzai that prisoners will be treated in a humane manner, according to international law. In reaction to criticism in parliament, Foreign Minister Ben Bot said these guarantees were an important condition for the participation of Dutch troops in a dangerous mission in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan.

23.11.2005 Amnesty and Reprieve are organising a protest outside Downing Street on Sunday 27 November to remind the Government: states must never torture people and must never send people to countries where they might be tortured.

23.11.2005 On November 22, the Office of Ombudsperson in Kosovo received a copy of a new circular recently sent (15th November) to the presidents of all courts of Kosovo, in which the Director of the DOJ noted, more than 15 months later, that some of the above cases (500) are not as difficult to process as originally thought.

23.11.2005 The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia annulled earlier today the changes in the Law on Public Gathering which banned, some four months ago, all public gatherings within 100 metres from the buildings of the Croatian Sabor, the Presidential Offices, the Government of Croatia and the Constitutional court.

22.11.2005 On the 60th Anniversary of the Nuremburg trials, openDemocracy explores the role of the International Criminal Court in post-conflict reconstruction in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Chile, and how U.S. policies towards international law impacts global aspirations for peace.

22.11.2005 Kenya's proposed new constitution has been rejected in a referendum despite its having been supported by President Mwai Kibaki and other key figures in his government, the country's electoral commission announced on Tuesday.

22.11.2005 Vesna Skare Ozbolt, Minister of Justice in the Croatian Government, announced last Sunday, November 20, that she will propose changes in the Criminal Code, which will erase slander and libel as criminal offence in all cases of public expression, including journalism, works of fiction, scientific works and other activities.

21.11.2005 U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, whose nomination will be voted on by senators in January, would be a "threat to civil rights" if confirmed, said a 55-year-old coalition of nearly 200 prominent U.S. civil rights organizations Thursday.

17.11.2005 Under the framework of the "Assistance in Drafting of the Environmental Laws in SEE" CARDS Project, the Regional Environmental Centre (REC) - Country office Albania, in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Water Management (MEFWM), and with the support of the EU, organised a national meeting "Law on Noise Pollution, in harmony with the EU legislation". The meeting was held yesterday, at the International Hotel, Tirana.

16.11.2005 Vera Simic, Project Coordinator with the Alternative Circle NGO, announced that the City of Kragujevac will soon get a Safe House for the victims of domestic violence. The project is implemented in partnership with the Kragujevac Centre for Social Work, the local self-government and the Police.

16.11.2005 Weak government controls are failing to stop diamonds from fuelling conflict, according to a new report.