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Platform 112 says progress made in rule of law insufficient

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ZAGREB, April 20 (Hina) - Platform 112, which comprises 60 civil society organisations, organised a round table in the Croatian parliament on Friday at which it pointed to the new government's positive moves regarding human rights, but also to omissions which, they said, mostly affected those most sensitive and marginalised in society - displaced persons, the disabled, and civilian war victims.

The debate, attended by representatives of civil organisations, political parties, and unions, was coordinated by the Human Rights House.

Paolo Berizzi of the European Union Delegation to Croatia said civil society in Croatia was increasingly stronger and called on Croatian citizens to continue pushing for the rule of law and prepare for EU membership.

Sanja Sarnavka of the Human Rights House said that indications of positive change had been noted in 29 of the Platform's 112 demands since the new government came to power at the beginning of the year.

"We are aware of the difficult situation in the economy but Croatia's progress depends on how much the rule of law is incorporated into our country's DNA," said Jelena Berkovic of the GONG NGO.

She said that civil society had been consulted on only one of 35 bills, on amendments to the Public Assembly Act, pointing to a "worrisome tendency" of sending many bills to parliament for fast-track passage.

Platform 112 holds that repealing the law declaring null and void Serbian war crimes indictments against Croatians should undergo the fast-track procedure, but that its priority is a thorough revision of the legal capacity revocation system which refers to 17,000 persons.

The Platform said nothing had been done about the "futile" law on free legal assistance, and that the state should give up the collection of litigation costs from war victims' families who lost their lawsuits against it.

The Platform said the bill of amendments to the law on the legalisation of unlawfully built buildings was not good, as the new government focused on those deceiving the system instead of on victims.

Sime Lucin of the ruling coalition's Social Democrats (SDP) said it was too early for the new government to have had a significant impact on everything it wanted to change.

He voiced confidence that parliament's new Standing Orders would give civil society organisations greater influence in decision-making.

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