Human Rights Watch/Helsinki would like to thank staff from the following organizations for their assistance as Human Rights Watch/Helsinki researched and prepared this policy paper: the Croatian Law Center, the Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, the Serbian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, UNTAES, UNHCR, the U.N. Centre for Human Rights, ICRC, OSCE, the Forced Migration Projects of the Open Society Institute, National Democratic Institute, the Group for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights.
This report was researched and written by Milbert Shin, a research associate for Human Rights Watch/Helsinki, and based on a mission to Eastern Slavonia in late February and early March 1997. Zeljka Markic assisted in the research. It was edited by Holly Cartner, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch/Helsinki, Dinah PoKempner, Deputy General Counsel to Human Rights Watch, and Cynthia Brown, Program Director of Human Rights Watch. Production assistance was provided by Emily Shaw, Associate with Human Rights Watch/Helsinki.
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Human Rights Watch is a nongovernmental organization established in 1978 to monitor and promote the observance of internationally recognized human rights in Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East and among the signatories of the Helsinki accords. It is supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide. It accepts no government funds, directly or indirectly. The staff includes Kenneth Roth, executive director; Michele Alexander, development director; Cynthia Brown, program director; Barbara Guglielmo, finance and administration director; Robert Kimzey, publications director; Jeri Laber, special advisor; Lotte Leicht, Brussels office director; Susan Osnos, communications director; Jemera Rone, counsel; Wilder Tayler, general counsel; and Joanna Weschler, United Nations representative. Robert L. Bernstein is the chair of the board and Adrian W. DeWind is vice chair. Its Helsinki 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 Moscow office director; Erika Dailey, Christopher Panico, and Diane Paul are research associates; Alexander Petrov is Assistant Moscow office director; John MacLeod is the Toshkent office director; Marie Struthers is the Dushanbe office director; Maxine Marcus is research assistant; and Malcolm Hawkes, Emily Shaw, and Juliet Wilson are associates. Jonathan Fanton is the chair of the advisory committee and Alice Henkin is vice chair.
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