Glas javnosti - Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia

Conclusions and Recommendations
• Harmonize the legal regulations concerning the rights of vital
importance for minorities;
• Work constructively on resolving confl icts within specifi ed minority
and religious communities;
• Take effi cient measures against any disruption of interethnic
relations;
• Enable minorities to play a constructive role, with the resources at
their disposal, in the processes of European integration and the
promotion of political, economic and cultural cooperation in the
region.
Recommendations to the international community
• Speed up Serbia’s candidacy in order to thwart the intentions of
the conservative opposition forces to prevent it;
• Do not treat Serbia as a regional leader, since that causes dilemmas
in the region and encourages territorial claims, which have
not yet been abandoned;
• Resolve the question of borders in the region in order to reverse
the trend of complete ethnifi cation of the region;
• In the fi nal phase of resolving the Balkan question, the international
community must bear in mind that raising the question
of borders again would be like opening Pandora’s Box and could
destroy the security structure that was built for two decades. A
unique and functional state of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the key
to the stability of the Balkans. And when Serbia is in question,
resolving the question of borders will open up new opportunities
for change within Serbia itself;
• Provide more serious support to that part of the civil sector which
promotes the human rights values and other European standards
and norms;
• Insist on a serious process of confrontation within Serbia itself;
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