Dunja Mijatović

Dunja Mijatović is the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and former Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe representative on freedom of the media.

Ethnic profiling is illegal

It is incompatible with the principles of pluralism and respect for different cultures that define a democratic society.

By Dunja Mijatović

/ 29 Jun 2020

COVID-19 and Europe's sexual and reproductive health rights

Many measures were already needed before the pandemic, but acquire an even greater importance now that the COVID-19 pandemic is deepening gender inequalities.

By Dunja Mijatović

/ 6 May 2020

COVID-19 and Europe's sexual and reproductive health rights

To truly honour the victims of the Holocaust, let’s fight hate every day

“The fight against hate is a challenge that must be met every day, not once a year.”

By Dunja Mijatović

/ 22 Jan 2020

To truly honour the victims of the Holocaust, let’s fight hate every day

Drawing the right lessons from the Roma Holocaust

How can we break the cycle of the centuries-long rejection of Roma ?

By Dunja Mijatović

/ 1 Aug 2019

Drawing the right lessons from the Roma Holocaust

Srebrenica genocide: a mirror for all Europeans

This happened with the complicity of a passive international community which knew what was happening but chose to look away.

By Dunja Mijatović

/ 10 Jul 2019

Srebrenica genocide: a mirror for all Europeans

We must not forget Srebrenica

Political and judicial authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Serbia must improve their cooperation to end impunity, by identifying and punishing war criminals.

By Dunja Mijatović

/ 9 Jul 2018

We must not forget Srebrenica

Political and judicial authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Serbia must improve their cooperation to end impunity, by identifying and punishing war criminals.

By Dunja Mijatović

/ 9 Jul 2018

In the era of artificial intelligence: safeguarding human rights

Today, it is all too easy for governments to permanently watch you and restrict the right to privacy, freedom of assembly, freedom of movement and press freedom.

By Dunja Mijatović

/ 3 Jul 2018

In the era of artificial intelligence: safeguarding human rights

Today, it is all too easy for governments to permanently watch you and restrict the right to privacy, freedom of assembly, freedom of movement and press freedom.

By Dunja Mijatović

/ 3 Jul 2018

Europe's duty to save journalists

The murders of Daphne Caruana Galizia, Ján Kuciak and many other journalists were not due to fate, but to structural deficiencies in state institutions that should have protected them.

By Dunja Mijatović

/ 27 Apr 2018

Europe's duty to save journalists

The murders of Daphne Caruana Galizia, Ján Kuciak and many other journalists were not due to fate, but to structural deficiencies in state institutions that should have protected them.

By Dunja Mijatović

/ 27 Apr 2018

Sport cannot ignore human rights

Athletes will rely on free and fair competition at the European Games. Yet outside the stadium there is no free competition of ideas. They can take a stand.

By Nils Muižnieks, Michel Forst and Dunja Mijatović

/ 3 Jun 2015