The first National Conference on the Promotion of the Rights of Migrants and Refugees in Croatia was held at the Sheraton Hotel on Wednesday 7.12., a conference that was designed, implemented and led by migrant and refugee activists: human rights advocates, and integration experts. The activists were supported in preparations and logistics by the Centre for Peace Studies as part of the European project 2incING, designed with the aim of strengthening the advocacy capacities of refugees and migrants.

The Decision on December 8, 2022, by the Council of the European Union to admit Croatia into the Schengen area despite substantiated reports of frequent breaches of EU and international human rights law by Croatian authorities and its border guards shows disregard for the EU’s commitment to fundamental rights, 8 leading human rights and humanitarian organizations said today.

Croatia's Schengen accession is on the agenda of today’s meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council. If ministers vote in favour, it will be despite ample evidence of systematic human rights violations at Croatia’s borders, as well as breaches of the Schengen acquis itself.

National report on state of the art of cultural policies for the integration of migrants - Croatia; as a part of the international project MIGRarts. 

During September 15 and 16, 2022, a partnership meeting was held in Rome, Italy. The meeting was attended by partners implementing the MIGRarts project - Ligue de l'enseignement (France), Community Development Institute (North Macedonia), ARCI (Italy) and Center for Peace Studies (Croatia).

On 22 September, the Centre for Peace Studies and the Human Rights House Zagreb filed a submission to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in accordance with Rule 9.2. of the Rules of the Committee of Ministers for the supervision of the execution of judgments and of the terms of friendly settlements in the case, a proposal of measures for the execution of the judgment M.H. and Others v. Croatia no. 15670/18 and 43115/18. 

The Centre for Peace Studies co-signs the statement of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles, which warns of the danger of adopting the Regulation addressing situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum.

The annual report of the so-called Independent Mechanism for Monitoring (IMM) the actions of police officers of the Ministry of the Interior (MoI) in the area of illegal migration and international protection for the past year was published on Friday, July 1^st, 2022, illustrating all the shortcomings of the monitoring system itself.

The Centre for Peace Studies is a partner in the international EACEA project "Shadow Game".

Centre for Peace Studies is searching for associates for a project campaign on the project AMIF 2incING.