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The First Children’s Embassy in the World – Megjashi (FCEWM) was founded on the 29th of April 1992 in Skopje. Megjashi’s mission is to represent and protect the rights of children, to encourage responsible parenthood and respect of the child’s personality, to strengthen the civil rights movement for children’s rights, child participation/inclusion, while favouring the functionality of the institutions in the best interests of the child. Megjashi promotes peace education, by developing active citizenship based on the principle of non-violence, and fosters diversity and equal opportunities for all. The vision of the organization is building a more just world for every child.

First Children’s Embassy in the World Megjashi

Contact: Dragi Zmijanac
Phone: +389 22 465 316
Address: Str. Kosta Novakovikj 22A 1000 Skopje Republic of Macedonia
Email: info@childrensembassy.org.mk
Website: http://www.childrensembassy.org.mk/

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Active and passive extraterritoriality are provided for SEC related offences under the Criminal Code committed abroad by citizens of North Macedonia and foreigners if they return or are extradited to North Macedonia, under Articles 118 and 119(1) of the Criminal Code. Double criminality is required for proceeding with active and passive extraterritoriality over SEC related offences under Article 120(3) of the Criminal Code.

Extradition is regulated in the Law on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters which establishes that extraditable offences are those punished with at least one year of imprisonment under article 47(1), therefore including all SEC related offences under the Criminal Code. Double criminality is required for extradition under article 47(2) of the law.

Criminal Code, Law on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters, 1996 (status as of 2017), 2021

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