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Human Rights Watch would like to thank the following organizations and individuals for their assistance in the preparation of this report: Center for Direct Protection of Human Rights, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia, Croatian Journalists' Association, Croatian Helsinki Committee, Croatian Law Center, Electronic News Archive, Feral Tribune, Forum 21, GLAS 99, GONG, Jasminka Houska, Nacional, Bruno Ogorelec, Open Society Institute - Croatia, OSCE Mission to Croatia, Milorad Pupovac M.P., Radio 101, Serb Democratic Forum, United Nations High Commissoner for Human Rights, and the U.S. Embassy in Zagreb.
This report was researched and written by Benjamin Ward, researcher with the Europe and Central Asia division of Human Rights Watch, and based on a mission to Croatia in October 1999. The report was edited by Wilder Taylor, general counsel to Human Rights Watch, Michael McClintock, deputy program director of Human Rights Watch, and Holly Cartner, executive director of the Europe and Central Asia division, Human Rights Watch. Invaluable production assistance was provided by Patrick Minges, publications director, and by Fitzroy Hepkins and Alexandra Perina, Human Rights Watch associates.
Human Rights Watch
Europe and Central Asia Division
Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.
We stand with victims and activists to bring offenders to justice, to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom and to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime.
We investigate and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable.
We challenge governments and those holding power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law.
We enlist the public and the international community to support the cause of human rights for all.
The staff includes Kenneth Roth, executive director; Michele Alexander, development director; Reed Brody, advocacy director; Carroll Bogert, communications director; Barbara Guglielmo, finance and administration director; Jeri Laber, special advisor; Lotte Leicht, Brussels office director; Patrick Minges, publications director; Susan Osnos, associate director; Jemera Rone, counsel; Wilder Tayler, general counsel; and Joanna Weschler, United Nations representative. Jonathan Fanton is the chair of the board. Robert L. Bernstein is the founding chair.
Its Europe and Central Asia division was established in 1978 to monitor and promote domestic and international compliance with the human rights provisions of the 1975 Helsinki Accords. It is affiliated with the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, which is based in Vienna, Austria. Holly Cartner is the executive director; Rachel Denber is the deputy director; Elizabeth Andersen is the advocacy director; Fred Abrahams, Cassandra Cavanaugh, Julia Hall, Malcolm Hawkes, Bogdan Ivanisevic, André Lommen, Acacia Shields, and Benjamin Ward are research associates; Diederik Lohman is the Moscow office director, Alexander Petrov is the assistant Moscow office director; Pamela Gomez is the Caucasus office director; Marie Struthers is the Dushanbe office director; Alexander Frangos is coordinator, and Liudmila Belova, Alexandra Perina, and Natasha Zaretsky are associates. Peter Osnos is the chair of the advisory committee and Alice Henkin is vice chair.
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