Human rights

The committees on human rights in Western Balkans have many similarities regarding the status, competences, institutional set up, capacities as well as the cooperation and communication with the other national and international institutions and organizations that have focus on protection and promotion on human rights. Most of the committees have been established in 2000s and only few at the beginning of 1990ties. This fact stresses out the importance of promotion and protection of human rights in the WB Parliaments.

The findings, experiences and recommendations from the the Women MPs of the World conference have been collated into this report and is respectfully submitted for consideration by the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Its Causes and Consequences for her special report on violence against women in politics.

Based on our findings, we make the following general recommendations: