Full Coverage: Law

27.12.2006 Shooting down a proposal to punish women for adultery, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has recommended that a woman, even in an extra-marital affair, should be treated as a victim.

26.12.2006 Last Wednesday, December 20, the Constitutional Court ruled to annul the provision from the 2004 Law on the Rights of Veterans of the Homeland War and Members of their Families, which gave the right to veterans, their children and children of victims of war to direct enrolment in secondary and higher education institutions, provided that they passed the lower limit for necessary points in entry exam.

25.12.2006 Activists of Right to a City initiative and Zelena Akcija environmental organization demanded detailed information on the project to develop the Lower-City block in Zagreb, between Varsavska, Gunduliceva, Ilica, Preobrazenska Streets and the Petar Preradovic Square.

22.12.2006 NEW YORK, Dec 22 (OneWorld) - Death penalty opponents and human rights organizations are hailing Florida governor Jeb Bush's decision this week to temporarily halt all executions in his state.

22.12.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 22 (OneWorld) - Human rights groups reacted with skepticism Thursday after military prosecutors charged eight Marines in the November 2005 killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in the western Iraqi town of Haditha.

20.12.2006 Ten months after B92 started its campaign for construction of a safe house for victims of family violence, and in spite of the bad weather, the construction works on the safe house in Rakovica Municipality were initiated last Monday, December 18.

18.12.2006 The NGO Coalition “Cooperation for a Common Goal” prepared the second draft of the Strategy of Relations between the Government and NGOs in Montenegro, the “NGO Code of Conduct” and the “Structure of Public Funding Financing for NGOs”, and invites all stake-holders to comment on the papers through the Coalition’s web-site.

15.12.2006 NEW YORK, Dec 14 (OneWorld) - When Democratic lawmakers return to Washington next month to take over Congressional leadership positions, many will be under heavy pressure from their supporters to start impeachment hearings against President George W. Bush.

14.12.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 14 (OneWorld) - Human rights advocates are cheering the genocide conviction of former Ethiopian leader Mengistu Haile Mariam.

13.12.2006 Last Monday, December 11, the iDEMO Democracy Institute organized a roundtable discussion on the topic of Media Freedoms and Human Rights in Croatia in 2006 – The Case of “Glas Istre”. Ivo Banac, independent Member of the Sabor (the Parliament), Andrea Feldman, iDEMO Director and Snijezana Matejcic, reporter with “Glas Istre” and union activist, were the featured speakers.

12.12.2006 On the occasion of December 10, the International Human Rights Day, the Defenders of Human Rights Group issued a public appeal to the authorities of the Republic of Macedonia, demanding from the Parliament to adopt the Declaration on Defenders of Human Rights.

12.12.2006 The OSCE Presence in Albania and the country's Property Restitution and Compensation Agency (PRCA) today signed an agreement that provides technical and financial assistance to design an electronic database of requests for restitution and compensation of property since 1993.

04.12.2006 During the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence (November 25-December 10), Akcija Zdruzenska organizes a campaign “Put an End – Make Violence a Thing of the Past”.