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31 May 2022
NORTH MACEDONIA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Republic of North Macedonia
Source:
United Nations. Geospatial Information Section.
Date of Document:
August 2020
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
Présentation de la République de Macédoine du Nord
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
April 2020
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
North Macedonia. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
4 February 2022
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
Macédoine du Nord. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
27 December 2021
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
North Macedonia. BTI 2022 Country Report.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Date of Document:
February 2022
Accessed Date:
21 February 2022
Title:
Introduction; Domestic Situation. North Macedonia: In Brief.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
9 September 2020
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
Older people and access to health care in North Macedonia
Source:
World Health Organization
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
Commission Staff Working Document. North Macedonia 2021 Report accompanying the document, Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: 202...
Code:
SWD(2021) 294 final
Source:
European Union. European Commission.
Date of Document:
19 October 2021
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
North Macedonia. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 April 2022
Accessed Date:
24 May 2022
Title:
North Macedonia. Amnesty International Report 2020/21: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
7 April 2021
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
Macedonia. Nations in Transit 2021.
Author:
Jovan Bliznakovski
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
Macedonia. Freedom in the World 2021.
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
North Macedonia. Country report: Non-discrimination.
Source:
European Commission. Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers.
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
European Social Charter. European Committee of Social Rights Conclusions 2020: North Macedonia.
Source:
Council of Europe. European Committee of Social Rights.
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/32/MKD/1
Date of Document:
19 November 2018
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
Compilation on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/32/MKD/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
15 November 2018
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/32/MKD/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
7 November 2018
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
Joint Submission to the Human Rights Committee at its 133rd Session. Civil society written contribution for the adoption of list of issues prior to reporting on the issue of statelessness and the right to a nationality: North Macedonia.
Source:
Macedonian Young Lawyers Association et al.
Date of Document:
13 August 2021
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Macedonia (amended 2011)
Date of Document:
5 September 2018
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
Law for Changing and Amending the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Macedonia
Accessed Date:
20 September 2018
Title:
North Macedonia: Latest Amendments to the Law on Citizenship
Source:
Karanovic & Partners
Date of Document:
August 2021
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
North Macedonia. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
About parliament; Election results. North Macedonia: Assembly of the Republic.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
Republic of Macedonia. Election for President of 21 April 2019.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Republic of North Macedonia. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
Women's Safety and Gender-Based Violence in the Republic of North Macedonia
Source:
Frontiers in Public Health
Date of Document:
21 February 2020
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
Nowhere to turn: Gender-based violence against Roma women. Report of a field study of Roma communities in Albania, Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Source:
United Nations Development Programme
Date of Document:
18 December 2018
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
OSCE-led Survey on Violence Against Women: Well-being and Safety of Women. North Macedonia Results Report.
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Date of Document:
10 May 2019
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
North Macedonia. 2020 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor.
Source:
United States. Department of Labor.
Date of Document:
29 September 2021
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
North Macedonia. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe and Central Asia 2021.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
February 2021
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
North Macedonia: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
1 July 2021
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. North Macedonia.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
4 August 2021
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
North Macedonia. Country Reports on Terrorism 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
16 December 2021
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
Report to the Government of North Macedonia on the visit to North Macedonia carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 7 to 9 December 2020
Source:
Council of Europe. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Date of Document:
29 July 2021
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
Response of the Government of North Macedonia on the visit to North Macedonia carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 2 to 9 December 2020
Date of Document:
11 May 2021
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
Fifth Evaluation Round: Preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies. Evaluation Report: North Macedonia.
Code:
GrecoEval5Rep(2018)7
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of States against Corruption.
Date of Document:
27 June 2019
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
Fifth Evaluation Round: Preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies. Compliance Report: North Macedonia.
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of States against Corruption.
Date of Document:
27 April 2021
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
First Report on the State of the Penitentiaries and Correctional Facilities in the Republic of North Macedonia During the Period from August 1st to October 1st 2020
Source:
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights; Macedonian Young Lawyers Association
Date of Document:
3 February 2021
Author:
Ina Dzugumanova et al.
Editor:
Aleksandra Gruevska-Drakulevski
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
North Macedonia. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
11.
Media Freedoms - (No items in this section)
Title:
Macedonia. International Religious Freedom Report for 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 May 2021
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined eighth to tenth periodic reports of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
21 September 2015
Accessed Date:
3 August 2016
Title:
Comments of the Government of “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” on the Fourth Opinion of the Advisory Committee on the implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities by “the former Yugoslav Republic...
Code:
GVT/COM/IV(2016)006
Date of Document:
20 December 2016
Accessed Date:
19 September 2017
Title:
ECRI report on “The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” (fifth monitoring cycle)
Source:
Council of Europe. European Commission against Racism and Intolerance.
Date of Document:
7 June 2016
Accessed Date:
3 August 2016
Title:
Fourth Opinion on “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
Code:
ACFC/OP/IV(2016)001
Source:
Council of Europe. Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.
Date of Document:
20 December 2016
Accessed Date:
19 September 2017
Title:
Roma in the Republic of Macedonia: Challenges and Inequalities in Housing, Education and Health
Source:
Minority Rights Group International; Roma Democratic Development Association SONCE
Date of Document:
November 2018
Author:
Andrea Spitálszky
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
Macedonia. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
October 2020
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
Title:
North Macedonia. Roma Rights in the Time of COVID.
Source:
European Roma Rights Centre
Date of Document:
September 2020
Accessed Date:
18 September 2020
Title:
The Wall on Anti-Gypsyism: Roma in Macedonia
Source:
Civil Rights Defenders
Date of Document:
14 February 2018
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement - (No items in this section)
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 2 March 2022:
Title:
North Macedonia. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2020.
Additional Info.:
Addendum regarding reproductive rights was added on 4 November 2021
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 March 2021
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/North Macedonia
Accessed Date:
11 February 2022
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