Description: Since one of the main objectives of the project was to analyse and identify potential areas for improvement of legal framework relevant to human rights/freedom of expression of EHRDs in each targeted country (Albania, Bosnia and  Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia), the idea to create a publication that would analyse and summarise main pressures, threats and responses to the issues EHRDs has seen light in form of this publication. The publication is a compilation of five country reports conducted with the same methodology.
Researchers in each country have analysed relevant legislation, focusing on the rights to free expression and access to information, and rights to free association and assembly.Additional rights and processes have been analysed according to the country’s needs, and they include, but are not limited to public administration and its reform, public consultation  processes and participation in decision-making, as well as other specific rights stemming from the Aarhus convention.
The publication is a compilation of five country reports conducted with the same methodology. Researchers in each country have analysed relevant legislation, focusing on the rights to free expression and access to information, and rights to free association and assembly. Additional rights and processes have been analysed according to the country’s needs, and they include, but are not limited to public administration and its reform, public consultation processes and participation in decision-making, as well as other specific rights stemming from the Aarhus convention.