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Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights - YUCOM

Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights (Komitet pravnika za ljudska prava) – YUCOM, was founded in November 1997 (then called Yugoslav Lawyers Committee for Human Rights) as an expert, voluntary, non-governmental organization whose members are legal experts engaged in promoting the idea of the rule of law and upholding human rights, raising public awareness, rendering legal assistance to victims of human rights violations, as well as developing co-operation with national and international organizations involved in human rights protection and promotion. YUCOM's main activity is the promotion and protection of human rights in accordance with the highest international legal and professional standards. YUCOM sees the promotion and protection of human rights within the general framework of democracy, the rule of law and open civil society through legal institutions and procedures, fair due process, judicial independence and justice.

Primary web addresses
http://www.yucom.org.yu
Main Address
Svetogorska 15, 8. sprat, stan 24
11000 Belgrade
Country
Serbia and Montenegro
Main Telephone
+381 11 33 45 172
Joined OneWorld
05/24/2006

Features
03/22/2007 The YUCOM committee of human rights lawyers of Serbia won its first litigation against the state of Serbia in front of the European Court for Human Rights.
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Related: [Serbia and Montenegro] [Human Rights] [Justice and Crime] [Law]



 
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