Research and Reports
last updated September 12, 2006
Contributed, in part, by Kora Dilic, Croatia National VAW Monitor

Number of Identified Victims of Trafficking in Persons, Office for Human Rights of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, 2005.
The Office for Human Rights of the Government of the Republic of Croatia has published data about the identified victims of trafficking in persons (2002-2004). Women constitute the most numerous victims.

Legislation in the Member States of the Council of Europe in the Field of Violence Against Women, prepared in part by Jill Radford, United Kingdom, for the Council of Europe's Steering Committee for Equality Between Men and Women, March 2004 (Doc. EG 2004 2).
This report details national legislation dealing with violence against women in 38 of the 45 Council of Europe member states. In 1995, the Council requested member states to complete a questionnaire on relevant legislation, and subsequent research completed by the Council allowed for a survey of the varying legislation of member states. The report consists of two volumes, ending with a list of good practices and effective legislation prohibiting violence against women. Pages 67-76 contain information on Croatia.
 
2004 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Croatia, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 28 February  2005.
Section 5 of the report contains a paragraph on the status of women in Croatia, and a subsection on trafficking.

“Women & Internet: Croatian Perspective”, Kristina Mihalec and Nevenka Sudar, 2004 (ISBN 953-6967-08-1).
The book is about the use of the Internet by women within Croatian society.  It explores different analytical perspectives on the subject and links the analysis with the lives of women in Croatia and South Eastern Europe. The main objective of the book is to contribute, from a regional level, to the discourse on women and ICTs, as well as the identification of problems and creation of solutions from a local perspective.

Human Rights in the OSCE Region: Europe, Central Asia and North America, Report 2004 (Events of 2004), International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 23 June 2004. (PDF, 10 pages).
This report discusses the situation of general human rights in Croatia.

Croatian Legal Framework of Domestic Violence, Radmila Sucevic, B.a.B.e., Be active. Be emanicipated, 2003.
This report describes the laws under the Criminal Code and Family Law governing domestic abuse.

A Form of Slavery: Trafficking in Women in OSCE Member States, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 19 June 2000. (PDF, 91 pages).
This report provides an overview of trafficking in various countries and addresses laws, factors, recruitment, reporting, government responses and support services related to trafficking in persons.  

Human Rights in the OSCE Region: The Balkans, the Caucasus, Europe, Central Asia and North American Report 2001 (Events of 2000), International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 26 June 2001. (PDF, 10 pages).
This report discusses the general situation of human rights in Croatia, including women's rights.

A Human Rights Report on Trafficking of Persons, Especially Women and Children: Croatia, The Protection Project, March 2002.
This report describes the background and case examples of trafficking. The report also describes the domestic and international law on trafficking in Croatia.

Integration of the Human Rights of Women and the Gender Perspective - Violence Against Women, Addendum 1, Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 27 Feb. 2003. (PDF, 435). 
This report has information regarding rape, prostitution, trafficking and domestic violence against women in Croatia. Information on Croatia can be found on page 351.

Overview of the Socio-Economic Position of Rural Women in Selected Central and Eastern European Countries - Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, Food and Agriculture Organisation, 1996. 
This report examines the role of rural women on the farm and in the family, their participation in education, training, and services, their knowledge of home economics, their level of household technology, problems, priorities, social security and legal issues they face, and domestic research and development programs on rural women. Section 10.9 specifically addresses Croatia.

Survey of Legislative Frameworks for Combating Trafficking in Persons, Kristi Severance, American Bar Association, Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (CEELI), January 2003.
This survey presents an overview of the status of anti-trafficking legislation in 21 countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, including Croatia. The survey includes an overview of the scope of the problem and a summary of the role of the UN Trafficking Protocol and the human rights standards that should be applied in ant-trafficking legislation.

Victims of Trafficking, International Organisation for Migration, 2001. (PDF, 51 pages).
This report provides an overview, as well as statistics, of the situation of trafficking in the Balkans region.

Trafficking in Human Beings in South Eastern Europe, Barbara Limanowska, UNICEF, UNHCHR, OSCE-ODIHR, 2003. (PDF, 312 pages).
This report provides an overview of the situation and response to trafficking in persons in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro. The report concludes by making recommendations.

Women 2000 - An Investigation into the Status of Women's Rights in Central and South-Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 5 November 2000. (PDF, 14 pages).
This report provides information on the situation of women in Croatia, as well as the legal framework on domestic violence, sexual assault, gender equality and trafficking.

2003 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Croatia, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 25 March 2004.
This report has a section on the status of women in Croatia as well as a section on trafficking in Croatia.

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