OSCE MISSION TO BOSNIA MARKS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (December 11,2007) - To mark the International Human Rights Day on 10 December, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia is organizing during this week a series of roundtables focusing on the Bosnian Government compliance, at all levels, with the major United Nations Human Rights Conventions, as well as recommendations issued by the respective UN Treaty Bodies.

A Roundtable, entitled “Bosnia's Compliance with the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination” took place in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo yesterday.

A Workshop, entitled “Bosnia's Compliance with the United Nations Treaty Bodies Recommendations,” will take place simultaneously in Tuzla and in Banja Luka today and in Trebinje on 13 December.

International Human Rights Day commemorates the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, which recognises that the inherent dignity of each person is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.