Strasbourg, 26 June 2009: Yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment in the case of Beganović v. Croatia concerning the violent beating of Mr Darko Beganović, a Romani man, by a group of seven men and the failure of Croatian authorities to conduct an effective investigation and prosecute the perpetrators.

16 June 2009 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that parents, the Internet industry and policy makers all have a role to play in eliminating hate speech from cyberspace.

The European Policy Centre, in cooperation with the European Fund for the Balkans and the EXIT Festival organized a Policy Dialogue on The future of EU enlargement in the Western Balkans on Friday 29 May, followed by the opening of the art exhibition Western Balkans Artists on Europe.

In the coming weeks and months, the EU will decide on the visa-free travel of the citizens of the Western Balkan countries to the Schengen zone.

The chair of Southeast European History at Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen and the Gießener Zentrum Östliches Europa (GIZO) invites to a conference in Giessen, Germany.

Interested young researchers and scientists (MA and PhD candidates) from the Western Balkans region are invited to apply to participate at the RRPP Annual Conference 2009 that will take place in Ohrid, Macedonia from 26th–27th June 2009.

The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) is an international public interest law organisation defending and promoting the human rights of Roma across Europe.