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Project: “Human rights and freedoms in South-Eastern Europe – problems and solutions”

  COUNTRY REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS REGARDING YOUNG PEOPLE IN MACEDONIA INTRODUCTION Stability and respecting of human rights and freedoms are the base of developing an democratic country. The power that moves the country toward progress is youth. Everything that concerns the young people in each society has essential impact on the progress of that society. The situation in the region, considering the human rights and freedoms is not on a satisfying level. According to the information of the World Audit Organization (www.worldaudit.org) Macedonia is ranked at 70th position in the worldwide democracy rating (out of 149 observed states in the world). Only 6 other European states (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, Moldova, Russia, Belarus and the Ukraine) are ranked lower. In respect of the corruption issue Macedonia in ranked 98th. (in this area only one European state is ranked lower than Macedonia-Albania). As regards the issue of freedom of information, Macedonia is ranked