Human Rights Office

National Network
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Telephone
+387 35 360 490
Telephone (other)
+387 35 250 504
Fax
+387 35 360 491
E-Mail
biroy@bih.net.ba
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1995
Fields of Activity
  1. Human rights
General Information
Human Rights Office Tuzla has 10 employees – 5 permanent and 5 part time. Main partners are Helsinki Citizen Assembly (HCA) Banja Luka, CMS Zagreb, Croatia, Group 484 Belgrade, Serbia, BIRN and ADI Sarajevo. Current sources of founding – European Union, Embassy of Great Britain in Bosnia and Herzegovina and USAID. Currently HRO is working on several projects: Through integration and social inclusion to active citizanship, Free legal aid, Juvenile justice, Minorities for Minorities.
Mission and Objectives

Human Rights Office Tuzla is non-governmental, non-profit, civic organization with the goal to educate citizens on human rights as stated in the United Nations General Declaration on Human Rights and other international declarations and conventions, in accordance with the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, through disseminating knowledge on seminars, round tables and other public events, as well as using electrong media outlets and press.
Main objectives are: Promoting knowledge on human rights across Bosnia and Herzegovina, in particular those defined iin the Declaration on Human Rights and Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Working on human rights implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Main Projects / Activities

Through integration and social inclusion to active citizenship is project where Human Rights Office in partnership with Helsinki Citizen Assembly is working on better and integrative social and health insurance policy for all citizens in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Free legal aid is free of charge legal aid for everyone, and HRO Tuzla is implementing it since 1995. Juvenile justice is project where HRO effort is more then four years long. It's goal is to improve legislation in BH, and to induct alternative way of treating behaviour of juvenile offenders. This project is contributing general decreasing of juvenile delicvency in BH. Minorities for Minorities is regional project where HRO Tuzla with CMS from Zagreb is searching for good minority practices in countries of Western Balkans.

Contact (1) Full Name
Elizabeta Lukačević
Head of the organisation
Branka Rajner