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List of Documents

The list of documents below includes reports and articles that the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre has included in the profile as well as links to relevant reports and articles published since the last update of this Internal Displacement Profile.

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Report on Croatia (fourth monitoring cycle), Council of Europe (COE), European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), 25 September 2012
Statement at OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), 25 September 2012
Internally displaced persons in Europe: Another lost generation?, Council of Europe, Commissioner for Human Rights, 3 September 2012
The regional housing programme, Council of Europe Development Bank, May 2012
European Union to give 230 million for returnees, refuges and displaced persons in the Western Balkans, European Commission Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 24 April 2012
Donors pledge more than 300 million euros to help refugees in Balkans, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 24 April 2012
Minority Return to Croatia: Study of an Open Process, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 31 December 2011
UNHCR Statistical Report December 2011, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), December 2011
Joint Regional Programme on Durable Solutions for Refugees and Displaced Persons, Governments of Republic of Serbia, Republic of Croatia, Bosnian Hercegovina, and Montenegro, November 2011
Croatia 2011 Progress Report, European Commission, 12 October 2011
Forced displacement in Europe and Central Asia, World Bank (WB), October 2011
Challenges of Forced Migration in Serbia, European-Serbian Cooperation on (Forced) Migration, June 2011
Croatia 2010 Progress Report, SEC(2010) 1326, European Commission, 9 November 2010
Assessing Human Security in the Western Balkans, Centre for Strategic and International Studies and Hellenic Centre for European Studies, November 2010
Amnesty International Report 2010 - Croatia, Amnesty International (AI), 28 May 2010
2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Croatia, U.S. Department of State (U.S. DOS), 11 March 2010
Associating women in the prevention and the solution of unsolved conflicts in Europe, Council of Europe (COE), Parliamentary Assembly, Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men, March 2010
Solving property issues of refugees and displaced persons, Recommendation 1901, Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population, 28 January 2010
Solving property issues of refugees and displaced persons, Res. 1708, Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population, 28 January 2010
World Report 2010 Croatia, Human Rights Watch (HRW), 20 January 2010
Estimate of refugees and displaced persons still seeking solutions in South-Eastern Europe, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 31 December 2009
Global Appeal 2010-2011 - South-Eastern Europe Subregional Overview, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), December 2009
Concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee: Croatia, United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC), 4 November 2009
Croatia 2009 Progress report, European Commission, 14 October 2009
Recommendation of the Commissioner for Human Rights on the implementation of the right to housing, Council of Europe (COE), Commissioner for Human Rights, 30 June 2009
Protracted displacement in Europe, United Nations Representative of the Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons (UNRSG), 24 June 2009
Europe's forgotten people: protecting the human rights of long-term displaced persons, Council of Europe (COE), Parliamentary Assembly, Committee on Migration, Refugees and Demography, 8 June 2009
Europe's forgotten people: protecting the human rights of long-term displaced persons: report, Council of Europe (COE), Parliamentary Assembly, Committee on Migration, Refugees and Demography, 8 June 2009
UNHCR statistical report, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), June 2009
Protracted internal displacement in Europe: Current Trends and Ways Forward, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), 30 May 2009
Amnesty International Report 2009 - Croatia, Amnesty International (AI), 28 May 2009
International covenant on civil and political rights - Views. Communication No.1510/2006, United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC), 28 April 2009
Courier N. 142, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Office in Zagreb, April 2009
Statistical summary on return 2009, UNHCR Representation to Croatia, 31 March 2009
Decision on Admissibility - Complaint N. 52/2008, Council of Europe (COE), European Committee of Social Rights, 30 March 2009
Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Croatia, United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN CERD), 24 March 2009
Interview: helping to ensure quality housing for returnees, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Office in Zagreb, 4 March 2009
Better late than never as displaced woman finds a home in Croatia, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 4 March 2009
Nationality Rights for All, Refugees International (RI), March 2009
Croatia Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, U.S. Department of State (U.S. DOS), 25 February 2009
Courier N. 141, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Office in Zagreb, February 2009
World report 2009- Croatia, Human Rights Watch (HRW), 14 January 2009
Local Development Programme (LIFE), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2009
Public administration in service of citizens. Analysis of administrative cases in 2008, Center for Peace, Legal Advice and Psychosocial Assistance Vukovar (Centar Za Mir Vukovar), 2009
Croatia Fact Sheet, UNHCR Representation to Croatia, 2009
A guide to minorities and political participation in South-East Europe, Common Values and the King Baudouin Foundation, 2009
Providing housing for returnees: OSCE monitors Croatia's efforts, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Office in Zagreb, 17 December 2008
Convalidation of working experience, Croatian Pension Insurance Institute, 16 December 2008
Proposed Issues on the report of Croatia the Human Rights Committee, Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (CHORE), 12 December 2008
Report on the 2008 Progress Report on Croatia from the perspective on minority rights, Center for Peace, Legal Advice and Psychosocial Assistance Vukovar (Centar Za Mir Vukovar), 2 December 2008
Courier N. 140, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Office in Zagreb, December 2008
Croatia 2008 Progress report, European Commission, 5 November 2008
Key findings in progress report 2008 Croatia, European Commission, 5 November 2008
Displaced former tenancy rights holders – Review of the approach to acquired rights and provision of housing care for minority returnees in 2008, Coalition for Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Center for Peace, Legal Advice and Psychosocial Assistance Vukovar (Centar Za Mir Vukovar), October 2008
Courier N. 139, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Office in Zagreb, October 2008
Statement by Ljubomir Mikic, president of the Center for Peace at 2008 OSCE – Human Dimension Implementation Meeting,, Center for Peace, Legal Advice and Psychosocial Assistance Vukovar (Centar Za Mir Vukovar), October 2008
Estimate of refugees and displaced persons still seeking solutions in South-Eastern Europe, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 30 September 2008
Refugees and Displaced Persons - State of Affairs, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE): mission to Serbia, September 2008
Courier N. 138, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Office in Zagreb, September 2008
Set of recommendations to combat impunity for war crimes, Amnesty International (AI), 14 July 2008
Pushing for Change? South East Europe's Minorities in the EU Progress Reports, Minority Rights Group International (MRG), July 2008
World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Croatia, Minority Rights Group International (MRG), July 2008
Amnesty International Report 2008 - Croatia, Amnesty International (AI), 28 May 2008
Croatia Country Report on Human Rights Practices, U.S. Department of State (U.S. DOS), 11 March 2008
Report of the Head of the OSCE Office in Zagreb, Ambassador Jorge Fuentes to the OSCE Permanent Council, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Office in Zagreb, 6 March 2008
Crime and its Impact on the Balkans and affected countries, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), March 2008
HRW World Report, Country Summary: Croatia, Human Rights Watch (HRW), 2008
Call for Participation: CMS Invitation to Help the Returnees, OneWorld Southeast Europe, 17 December 2007
Accession Partnership with Croatia, COM (2007) 658, European Commission, 6 November 2007
Current Challenges for Returns in the Western Balkans: A NGO Perspective, European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), October 2007
Summary Paper: A study on Access to Pertaining Rights and (Re)integration of Displaced Persons, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), 26 September 2007
Situation of longstanding refugees and displaced persons in South East Europe, Council of Europe (COE), Parliamentary Assembly, 24 May 2007
Situation of longstanding refugees and displaced persons in South East Europe, Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population, 24 May 2007
State of human rights and democracy in Europe, Doc.11217, Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population, 30 March 2007
Background report: Croatian Government holds information session on housing solutions for former occupancy tenancy rights holders', Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 10 January 2007
Sustainability of minority return in Croatia, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 2007
Joint Plan of Activities for Solving Issues of Refugees and Displaced Persons, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), November 2006
EC: Croatia 2006 Progress Report, European Commission, 11 August 2006
Return Dynamics in Bosnia and Croatia: A Comparative Analysis, International Organization for Migration (IOM), August 2006
At risk: Roma and the displaced in Southeast Europe, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 26 June 2006
Amnesty International, report 2006: Croatia, Amnesty International (AI), 23 May 2006
Croatia report on women's human rights in 2005, Women's network Croatia, 14 March 2006
Grand Chamber judgement Blecic v.Croatia, Press release, European Court of Human Rights, 8 March 2006
Croatia: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices -2005, U.S. Department of State (U.S. DOS), 8 March 2006
Blecic case fails to budge the status quo, International Committee for Human Rights, 8 March 2006
Serbs will cost you dearly, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 3 March 2006
Status and rights of returnees and displaced persons, UNHCR Representation to Croatia, March 2006
Council Decision on Accession Partnership with Croatia, European Commission, 20 February 2006
Incidents with ethnic background: The Republic of Croatia 2005, Serbian Democratic Forum (SDF), 15 February 2006
News in brief, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 13 February 2006
Return of displaced persons and refugees to Croatia, Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Tourism, Transportation and Development (MMATTD), 9 February 2006
World report 2006, Europe, Human Rights Watch (HRW), 18 January 2006
News in Brief, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 3 January 2006
Specific Groups and Individuals: Mass Exoduses and Displaced Persons, United Nations Commission on Human Rights (CHR), 29 December 2005
What remains to be done in the Balkans, International Herald Tribune (IHT), 22 December 2005
Call for urgent action to stop returnee from losing home, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 16 December 2005
Courier N.118, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, December 2005
Statistical summary, UNHCR-ODPR, 30 November 2005
News in brief, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 22 November 2005
Status report N.17 on Croatia’s Progress in Meeting International Commitments Since July 2005, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 10 November 2005
Croatia 2005 Progress Report, SEC(2005)1424, European Commission, 9 November 2005
News in brief, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 27 September 2005
News in brief, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 13 September 2005
Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons, A/60/338, United Nations General Assembly (UN GA), 7 September 2005
Country Operation Plan: Croatia, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), September 2005
Status report N.16 on Croatia’s Progress in Meeting International Commitments Since November 2004, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 7 July 2005
Croatia: Challenges for sustainable return of ethnic Serb refugees, Minority Rights Group International (MRG), July 2005
Access to the Rights in Croatia, civil rights project, drafted by Ankica Gorkic, Stability Pact, MARRI-Danish Refugee Council, 30 June 2005
Guidance for returnees to Croatia, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 25 May 2005
Report by Mr. Alvaro Gil-Robles, Commissioner for Human Rights on his visit to the Republic of Croatia, Council of Europe (COE), Commissioner for Human Rights, 4 May 2005
Background report, domestic war crime trials 2004, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 26 April 2005
Amicus curiae curiae brief to the European Court of Human Rights in Blecic v. Croatia, Organization for the Security and Cooperation in Europe, Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (OSCE BIH), 25 April 2005
Background Report on Access to Housing, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, April 2005
Presentation by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby, to the OSCE Permanent Council, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 10 March 2005
Croatia: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices -2004, U.S. Department of State (U.S. DOS), 28 February 2005
Status report n.15 on Croatia’s progress in meeting international commitments since July 2004, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 21 November 2004
Croatia: Ruling Hinders Refugee Returns, Human Rights Watch (HRW), 17 November 2004
The voting rights of internally displaced persons, Brookings Institution, 5 November 2004
Shadow report on the implementation of the framework Convention for protection of the rights of national minorities in the Republic of Croatia, Center for Peace, Legal Advice and Psychosocial Assistance Vukovar (Centar Za Mir Vukovar), 31 August 2004
Background Report on the Return of Illegally Occupied Residential Properties, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 30 July 2004
The Case of Ivanka Savic (Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper), Human Rights Watch (HRW), 19 July 2004
Status Report No. 14 on Croatia’s Progress in Meeting International Commitments since December 2003, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 5 July 2004
Croatia Returns Update: Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper, Human Rights Watch (HRW), 14 May 2004
Croatia returns update, Human Rights Watch (HRW), 13 May 2004
Croatia must boost efforts on Serb refugees: OSCE, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 28 April 2004
Background report: EC recommends that EU membership negotiations begin with Croatia, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 27 April 2004
Croatia: Stabilisation and Association Report, European Commission, 26 March 2004
Background Report: Domestic War Crime Trials 2002, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, March 2004
OSCE Mission to Croatia report finds ethnic Serbs ‘disadvantaged’ in war crime trials, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, March 2004
Legacy of War: Minority Returns in the Balkans, Human Rights Watch (HRW), 26 January 2004
The new HDZ-led Government pursuing a policy of ethnic reconciliation which will impact on the Mission’s work, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 20 January 2004
World Report 2003, Human Rights Watch (HRW), 14 January 2004
Interview with Alessandro Fracassetti, Spokesperson to the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 27 December 2003
OSCE Status Report No.13, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 18 December 2003
New Croatian government faces key test on human rights implementation, says OSCE mission report, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 16 December 2003
Estimate of refugees and displaced persons still in need of a durable solution in South-Eastern Europe (map), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Office of the Chief of Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, December 2003
Report on Return of Displaced Persons and Refugees in the Republic of Croatia from 2000-2003: Repossession of Property, Housing, Reconstruction (Zaghreb), Ministry of Public Works, Reconstruction and Construction/Office for Displaced Persons, Returnees and Refugees (MPWRC/ODPR), October 2003
Return of Displaced Persons and Refugees to Croatia for the Period from 2000 to 2003: Number of Returnees per Year and Country of Return (Statistics), Ministry of Public Works, Reconstruction and Construction/Office for Displaced Persons, Returnees and Refugees (MPWRC/ODPR), October 2003
Croatia fails Serb Refugees, Human Rights Watch (HRW), 3 September 2003
Minorities in Croatia, Minority Rights Group International (MRG), September 2003
OSCE sees progress on Croatia key laws, urges faster implementation, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 8 July 2003
OSCE Mission and Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights reject contradiction over tenancy rights figures, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 2 June 2003
Background Report: Implementation of the Constitutional law on the Rights of National Minorities (CLNM) and Related Legislation, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 12 May 2003
OSCE statement on tenancy/occupancy rights in Croatia, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 2003
Occupancy/Tenancy Rights Issue Still Unresolved, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 2003
World Refugee Survey 2002: Country Report Croatia, U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR), 31 December 2002
Constitutional Law on the Rights of Minorities (unofficial translation), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 23 December 2002
Croatian Parliament, Decision on the Proclamation of the Constitutional law on the rights of National Minorities, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 19 December 2002
A Half-Hearted Welcome: Refugee Returns to Croatia, Balkans Report No. 138, International Crisis Group (ICG), 13 December 2002
Status Report No. 11, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 18 November 2002
Background Report: Constitutional Law on Minorities, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 20 August 2002
News in Brief, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 4 June 2002
Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Croatia, CERD/C/60/CO/4, United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN CERD), 21 May 2002
Status Report No. 10 - Assessment of Issues Covered by the OSCE Mission to the Republic of Croatia's Mandate since 12 November 2001, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 21 May 2002
Total of Returns to the Republic of Croatia and Displaced Persons Awaiting Resolution, Ministry of Public Works, Reconstruction and Construction/Office for Displaced Persons, Returnees and Refugees (MPWRC/ODPR), 30 April 2002
Croatia Stabilisation and Association Report, European Commission, 4 April 2002
OCM Croatia Statistical Summary as of 31 March 2002, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 31 March 2002
Return and Reintegration, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, 2002
World Report 2001, Events of 2001, Croatia, Human Rights Watch (HRW), 31 December 2001
After Milosevic, A Practical Agenda for Lasting Balkans Peace, International Crisis Group (ICG), 26 April 2001
Internally Displaced Persons: The Role of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Standing Committee 18th meeting, EC/50/SC/INF.2, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme (EXCOM), 20 June 2000
World Refugee Survey 1999: Country Report Croatia, U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR), June 1999
"Croatia", in Janie Hampton, (ed)., Internally Displaced People: A Global Survey, (London, Earthscan Publ.), Stubbs, Paul, August 1998
World Refugee Survey 1996 (Washington D.C.), U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR), 31 December 1996
Erdut agreement, United States Institute of Peace (USIP), 12 November 1995