Youth initiative for human rights

Nisma e të Rinjve për të Drejtat e Njeriut - Kroacia

REGIONAL & EU

20. 4. 2010. As a member organization of the YIHR Regional Network, YIHR Croatia has been working regionally since its establishment. Regional activities have always been a very important part of YIHR Croatia’s work. In the new political situation, YIHR Croatia’s Regional Program is being renamed into Regional and EU Program. It will no longer deal only with regional activities, but also with issues related to Croatia’s membership and integration into the EU. However, regional activities remain as important as they were before to the organization’s work.

YIHR Croatia’s regional and EU-related work in the period 2012-2015 will be organized through these basic activities: (a) supporting regional cooperation of young politicians, (b) participation in the pre-accession monitoring of Croatia, (c) transfer of advocacy experience in the EU integration process.

Supporting regional cooperation of politically engaged youth
YIHR Croatia, as well as other member organizations of YIHR Regional Network, intends to support regional cooperation among politically engaged youth in the Western Balkans, with special focus on cooperation related to human rights issues, transitional justice and freedom of movement.

Participation in the pre-accession monitoring
The European Commission is conducting the pre-accession monitoring of Croatia. The monitoring will be going on until Croatia becomes a member state of the European Union. YIHR Croatia works on several issues that are incorporated in this monitoring and will systematically report to the EC monitors about war crimes prosecutions, regional cooperation and human rights policies.

Transfer of advocacy experience in the EU integration process
Through this set of activities, YIHR is trying to enhance the role of civil society in the context of EU integration process in the candidate and potential candidate countries of the Western Balkans by promoting and ensuring the transfer of experience and good practice of Croatian civil society to civil society in other countries of the region.