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For freedom of the media

We inform the domestic and international public that on Friday, 22nd September, 2017, a decision was taken to launch joint activities of the media, journalists’ associations, journalists and civil society organisations in the struggle for media freedom in Serbia.
Mass Migration and Human Rights – Legal and Ethical Dilemmas

The Norwegian Center for Human Rights (NCHR), member of the Association of Human Rights Institutes of which the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights is also part, will be implementing a MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) called “Mass Migration and Human Rights – Legal and Ethical Dilemmas” starting September 18, 2017.
Press Release on Public Debate on Amendments to Constitutional Provisions on the Judiciary

Civic associations with years-long experience in law and the judiciary hereby express concern about the way in which the expert and general public is engaged in the constitutional amendment procedure. In our opinion, the representatives of the Government and Justice Ministry need to open a public debate on constitutional amendments without delay, in which they […]
On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day, the Belgrade Center for Human Rights and Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights (YUCOM) warn about the very alarming state of the media in Serbia and appeal for the immediate halting of the collapse of freedom of media as one of the basic guarantees of human rights […]
RIGHT TO ASYLUM IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, PERIODIC REPORT FOR JANUARY – MARCH 2017

In the January-March 2017 period, the Republic of Serbia continued extending humanitarian assistance to a large number of migrants, without ascertaining in each individual case whether they were in need of international protection or issuing individual decisions determining their status.

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Working Meeting at the end of the project Making a Difference for Refugee Children in Europe

May 23, 2017

On Monday, 22 May 2017 at the Envoy Conference Centre in Belgrade, the Belgrade Center for Human Rights held a working meeting to mark the end of the project Making a Difference for Refugee Children in Europe, which has been implemented since July 2016, with the support of the International Rescue Committee, with financial resources of the Department for International Development of the British Go...

Impermissible Pressures by the Public Prosecution Service on the Institution of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection

March 23, 2017

The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights is extremely concerned by the pressures and infringement on the independence of the institution of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection and the public prosecution service’s increasingly frequent refusal to comply with the Commissioner’s rulings.

"Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia 2016"

March 20, 2017

The Belgrade Center for Human Rights presented its annual report "Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia 2016" at the press conference held on 20 March 2017.A total of 12,821 foreigners expressed the intention to seek asylum in Serbia in 2016. The state’s treatment of migrants in 2016 was primarily influenced by the policies of the neighbouring countries and decisions taken at the EU level.

The European Court of Human Rights established that Hungary violates the rights of refugees

March 15, 2017

In its decision Ilias and Ahmed v. Hungary from 14 March 2017, the European Court of Human Rights found that Hungary violated several provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights by returning two asylum seekers from Bangladesh (after carrying out the accelerated asylum procedure in Röszke detention unit) back to Serbia in 2015.

Statement by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

March 7, 2017

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, on 24 February 2017, published statement regards the Duties of States Towards Refugees and Migrants under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Statement is available here.

Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia - Periodic Report for October-December 2016

February 9, 2017

Belgrade Centre for Human Rights provides free legal assistance and monitors the situation in the field of refugee law in the Republic of Serbia within the project Support for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Serbia.

September 6, 2017

Press Release on Public Debate on Amendments to Constitutional Provisions on the Judiciary Civic associations with years-long experience in law and the judiciary hereby express concern about the way in which the expert and general public is engaged in the constitutional amendment procedure.

June 10, 2016

The Human Rights and Business Country Guide Serbia The Human Rights and Business Country Guide Serbia provides country-specific guidance to help companies respect human rights and contribute to development,for more see: http://hrbcountryguide.org/.