Croatia: A Decade of Disappointment

Continuing Obstacles to the Reintegration of Serb Returnees

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• Summary

• Former Tenancy Right Holders Still Without Homes

• Alternative Accommodation in “Areas of Special State Concern”

• Alternative Accommodation in Other Areas

• Ethnically Motivated Incidents

• Incidents in 2005

• Incidents During the First Half of 2006

• Police Response

• Changes in Legislation

• Political Response

• Employment Discrimination

• Local Administration

• Judiciary

• Public Services and Government-owned Enterprises

• Access to Electricity

• Agricultural Land

• Reconstruction and Repair of Property

• Reconstruction of Houses Destroyed in the War – A Qualified Success

• Slow and Incomplete Repair of Post-war Damage

• An Effective Remedy before the Courts

• Conclusion

• Recommendations

• To the Government of Croatia

• On “housing care” for former tenancy right holders

• On ethnic incidents

• On employment

• On infrastructure

• On the illegal use of agricultural land

• On repair and reconstruction

• On legal services

• To the European Union

• To the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

• To the International Community

• Acknowledgments

 

September 2006   Volume 18, No. 7(D)