BRIJUNI ++BRIJUNI, Oct 28 (Hina) - A three-day conference on the UN Convention +on the rights of children began on Croatia's island of Brijuni on +Wednesday.+ Participating are representatives of 11 countries of central and +eastern
Europe.+ After the opening, chairwoman of the Centre for Initiatives in +Social Policy, which is the organiser of the conference, Aleksandra +Selak-Zivkovic stressed that as of January 1, 1999, a Centre for the +Rights of Children will start functioning as part of the Centre for +Initiatives in Social Policy.+ Dubravka Habar of the Croatian Law Faculty recalled that Croatia +had harmonised its laws with the UN Convention on the rights of +children, and expressed hope that the family law, which is in +reading in Parliament, would be a European example of high-level +legal protection of the right of children.+ +(hina) lml+
BRIJUNI, Oct 28 (Hina) - A three-day conference on the UN Convention
on the rights of children began on Croatia's island of Brijuni on
Wednesday.
Participating are representatives of 11 countries of central and
eastern Europe.
After the opening, chairwoman of the Centre for Initiatives in
Social Policy, which is the organiser of the conference, Aleksandra
Selak-Zivkovic stressed that as of January 1, 1999, a Centre for the
Rights of Children will start functioning as part of the Centre for
Initiatives in Social Policy.
Dubravka Habar of the Croatian Law Faculty recalled that Croatia
had harmonised its laws with the UN Convention on the rights of
children, and expressed hope that the family law, which is in
reading in Parliament, would be a European example of high-level
legal protection of the right of children.
(hina) lml