• Serbia/Kosovo: Landmark Opportunity for Human Rights
    Apr 23, 2013
    The April 19 agreement between Serbia and Kosovo offers a landmark opportunity to improve human rights protection in both countries.
  • Balkans: Rights Protections Lagging
    Jan 31, 2013
    Human rights protection in the Western Balkans fails to match the region’s aspirations for European integration, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2013. Human Rights Watch documented human rights concerns in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, and Kosovo during 2012.
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  • Serbia/Kosovo: Landmark Opportunity for Human Rights
    Apr 23, 2013
    The April 19 agreement between Serbia and Kosovo offers a landmark opportunity to improve human rights protection in both countries.
  • Balkans: Rights Protections Lagging
    Jan 31, 2013
    Human rights protection in the Western Balkans fails to match the region’s aspirations for European integration, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2013. Human Rights Watch documented human rights concerns in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, and Kosovo during 2012.
  • EU/US: Press Rights Issues on Balkans Visit
    Oct 29, 2012
    United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton should emphasize the importance of improving human rights records in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Serbia and Kosovo during their Western Balkan tour.
  • Kosovo: Draft Criminal Code Undermines Media Freedom
    May 10, 2012
    Kosovo’s National Assembly should remove provisions from the draft criminal code that criminalize defamation and compel journalists to reveal their sources.
  • Letter to the Legislation Committee Members of the National Assembly of Kosovo Regarding the Draft Criminal Code
    May 9, 2012
    I am writing to you regarding articles 37 and 38 of the draft criminal code. Human Rights Watch understands that the code was returned by President Atifete Jahjaga to the National Assembly on May 8 for reconsideration.
  • Serbia/Kosovo: Halt Arbitrary Arrests
    Mar 30, 2012
    Serbia should immediately release two Kosovo Albanians arbitrarily arrested on March 28, 2012 in “retaliation” for the arrest of four Serbs on March 27.
  • Kosovo: EU Investigation a Step to Justice
    Jun 10, 2011
    The European Union’s decision to open a special criminal investigation into alleged crimes in Kosovo and Albania after the Kosovo war is a welcome step for justice and the rule of law in the Balkans.
  • In Mladic Arrest, a Reminder of How Far International Justice Has Come
    May 31, 2011
    The forthcoming trial in The Hague of the arrested Serb warlord is an occasion to assess the achievements of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
  • Ratko Mladic: How I Helped Bring Him Down
    May 27, 2011
    Nearly two decades ago, Aryeh Neier helped launch the international criminal court that eventually tried more than 150 suspects-and will soon try alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic. The former head of Human Rights Watch shares how the tribunal was born.
  • Remembering the Horrors of Srebrenica
    May 27, 2011
    The arrest of Ratko Mladic will finally bring justice to victims and survivors of the bloody slaughter of 7,000 men and boys, writes Human Rights Watch's Emma Daly, who covered the conflict as a reporter. She recalls the anguish of victims, savagery of Mladic-and denial of Bosnian Serbs.
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