Today we are very proud of Zeljko Valas, our Bosnia and Herzegovina representative at Cartagena.
He was asked by the BiH delegation to co-present BiH’s government victim assistance intervention, and he unflinchingly explained where BiH was falling short from a rights-based approach to victim assistance and how to remedy that, even as he was speaking on behalf of the delegation. In his part of the intervention, Zeljko also gave a nice demonstration of what a rights-based approach means, for example, how the four years people are asked to wear out their prosthetics affects their right to health, and how gaps in assistance in being included in the workforce relates to the right to work.
To read the full text of his speech to the BiH delegation, continue reading.
December 01, 2009, 12:05pm Comments
