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OSCE Mission to train south-east European lawyers in Belgrade
BELGRADE 25 February 2004
BELGRADE, 25 February 2004 - Lawyers and other activists of non-governmental organizations from Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, as well as members of National Minority Councils of Serbia and Montenegro will attend a four-day course on human rights protection.
The programme called "Training Lawyers in International Individual Complaints Procedures and Shadow Reporting Mechanisms", which will start in Belgrade tomorrow, is organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro and the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights.
Training will focus on protecting human rights using available procedures of United Nations and European treaty monitoring bodies.
In addition, participants will learn about using mechanisms for the protection of rights offered by the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.
"Access to justice is a cornerstone of a democratic society," said the Head of the OSCE Mission, Ambassador Maurizio Massari.
"This training will strengthen it in Serbia and Montenegro and throughout the region and enable citizens to better protect their human rights."
The seminar will be opened by Andrew McEntee, Senior Human Rights Adviser to the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, and Vesna Petrovic, Director of the Belgrade Centre of Human Rights. Lecturers will also include Alan Phillips, a former member of the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.
The programme called "Training Lawyers in International Individual Complaints Procedures and Shadow Reporting Mechanisms", which will start in Belgrade tomorrow, is organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro and the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights.
Training will focus on protecting human rights using available procedures of United Nations and European treaty monitoring bodies.
In addition, participants will learn about using mechanisms for the protection of rights offered by the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.
"Access to justice is a cornerstone of a democratic society," said the Head of the OSCE Mission, Ambassador Maurizio Massari.
"This training will strengthen it in Serbia and Montenegro and throughout the region and enable citizens to better protect their human rights."
The seminar will be opened by Andrew McEntee, Senior Human Rights Adviser to the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, and Vesna Petrovic, Director of the Belgrade Centre of Human Rights. Lecturers will also include Alan Phillips, a former member of the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.