European Convention on Human Rights and Minority Rights

December 21, 2005

Donor: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
Duration of project: November 2005

Belgrade Centre for Human Rights organized seminar on relation of European Convention on Human Rights and Minority Rights. Main issues addressed were: Protection of Minority Rights and European Convention on Human, Registration and Recognition of Minorities and Minority Institutions, Prohibition of Discrimination and Minority Protection, Freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, Linguistic rights and right to education, effective participation in cultural, religious, social, economic and public life. Lecturers were: Andrew Mc Entee, OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, prof. Vojin Dimitrijević, Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, Philip Leach, London Metropolitan University,Ružica Žarevac, Belgrade Centre for Human Rights.