The British Royal Courts: Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess of Cornwall in Croatia #RoyalVisitCroatia
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An official visit to Croatia with her husband Prince Charles, Camilla highlights sexual violence during the war in the former Yugoslavia.
This is the eighth official visit of Prince Charles, heir to the British crown, in this geographical area, this is the first time that he is accompanied by his wife Camilla Duchess of Cornwall. Engaged since 2009 in sensitizing public opinion to the problems of victims of sexual violence, so it did not fail to include this issue in her agenda.
The Prince of Wales and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall began this Monday, March 14th in Zagreb, capital of Croatia, a six-day visit to the Balkans focus on peace, reconciliation, youth empowerment and restoration after the war that tore apart the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
This Tuesday 15 March, Osijek, a town in eastern Croatia that was on the demarcation line between Serb and Croat forces, the daughter of Queen Elizabeth II attended a meeting with an NGO that support victims of sexual assault that occurred during the conflict. Welcoming their work, she said militants of the group, according to the National Croatian news agency Hina: "You have done well, you have encouraged women to break the silence, asking for help and legal assistance."
Charles, who work for many years to promote interfaith dialogue and understanding of different religions, meanwhile attended a meeting organized by the Centre for Peace and Non-violence Osijek, supported by the British Embassy Zagreb.
Related remarks, AFP notes that the number of victims of sexual violence during the Balkan wars, long neglected, is estimated 20 000 to 50 000 people, mostly Muslim Bosnian. The Croatian Parliament adopted last May a law providing for compensation to victims of sexual abuse 20 years after the end of the war, recognizing the civil status of victim of the conflict some 2 500 people hitherto ignored.
The two days the couple have spent in Croatia has seen a succession of various other meetings and visits with the official welcome and the State dinner hosted by the President of the Republic of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. And Camilla, passionate equine gente, notably had the pleasure to discover the solo Dakovo National Stud, one of the oldest in Europe since it was founded in the early sixteenth century.
This is the eighth official visit of Prince Charles, heir to the British crown, in this geographical area, this is the first time that he is accompanied by his wife Camilla Duchess of Cornwall. Engaged since 2009 in sensitizing public opinion to the problems of victims of sexual violence, so it did not fail to include this issue in her agenda.
The Prince of Wales and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall began this Monday, March 14th in Zagreb, capital of Croatia, a six-day visit to the Balkans focus on peace, reconciliation, youth empowerment and restoration after the war that tore apart the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
This Tuesday 15 March, Osijek, a town in eastern Croatia that was on the demarcation line between Serb and Croat forces, the daughter of Queen Elizabeth II attended a meeting with an NGO that support victims of sexual assault that occurred during the conflict. Welcoming their work, she said militants of the group, according to the National Croatian news agency Hina: "You have done well, you have encouraged women to break the silence, asking for help and legal assistance."
Charles, who work for many years to promote interfaith dialogue and understanding of different religions, meanwhile attended a meeting organized by the Centre for Peace and Non-violence Osijek, supported by the British Embassy Zagreb.
Related remarks, AFP notes that the number of victims of sexual violence during the Balkan wars, long neglected, is estimated 20 000 to 50 000 people, mostly Muslim Bosnian. The Croatian Parliament adopted last May a law providing for compensation to victims of sexual abuse 20 years after the end of the war, recognizing the civil status of victim of the conflict some 2 500 people hitherto ignored.
While at the nature park, HRH met people who use the Zlatna Greda Eco-Centre. #RoyalVisitCroatia pic.twitter.com/s3MUi4boi5— Clarence House (@ClarenceHouse) March 15, 2016
The two days the couple have spent in Croatia has seen a succession of various other meetings and visits with the official welcome and the State dinner hosted by the President of the Republic of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. And Camilla, passionate equine gente, notably had the pleasure to discover the solo Dakovo National Stud, one of the oldest in Europe since it was founded in the early sixteenth century.
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