The conference was organised by the International Migration Organisation (IMO), the Croatian Justice Ministry, and the Croatian Legal Centre, with the financial support of the British Embassy.
Great Britain is one of the countries which most strongly advocate Croatia's admission to the EU. We would like to see Croatia become an EU member. That would be good not only for Croatia but also for the EU and Great Britain, Ambassador Blunt said.
According to the diplomat, the judiciary is a crucial part of the strategic partnership between Croatia and Great Britain, and his country has invested 50,000 pounds sterling in a project to build capacities and raise judges' and prosecutors' awareness of anti-discrimination legislation. Today's conference is a part of that project.
Justice Minister Ivan Simonovic recalled that on 1 January 2009, Croatia's Anti-discrimination Law, adjusted to EU standards, took effect.
Deputy Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor recalled that Croatia was the third country to have signed the convention on disabled people's rights and the fourth to have ratified it.