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PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF 10TH DECEMBER – DAY OF HUMAN RIGHTS |
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In the period of rule of Slobodan Milosevic’s repressive regime, human rights were being systematically abused in our country. The October democratic changes heralded a new phase of development. However, in spite of this, in a still unreformed legal system, Serbia / FRY cannot be regarded as a country where human rights are no longer abused. This primarily refers to economic and social issues, that make it impossible for the people to evolve from subjects into citizens. The struggle against racism, nationalism and other forms of hatred and discrimination, the struggle against terrorism, the uprooting of corruption, opening of secret files, civilian control of the Army and the Police, adopting conscientious objection as a human right, cooperation with international institutions, including the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, are only some of the issues that the state has to attend to before we can talk of broad respect for human rights. Every change calls for efforts and entails new changes, and it is in this spirit that we mark 10th December – Day of Human Rights, the day when the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted the Declaration on Human Rights.
Human rights are that smallest common denominator that exists everywhere in the world and that pertains to all humans, irrespective of their status, sex and nationality, political and other opinions.
The area of human rights is always open to progress, therefore we call upon our officials to everything that is within the realm of their possibility to enable our country to join the European Council, so that the instruments of this organization would also involve our country and that the protection of human rights could be developed to the full and properly ensured .
On the occasion of 10th December – Day of Human Rights, we will hold a protest on Republic Square, from 15:30 until 16:30 pm. We hereby invite everyone interested to join us.
6th December 2001 YUCOM AUTONOMOUS WOMEN’S
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