Donor: Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Duration of the project: June 1998 – May 1999

In 1998, the development of local human rights NGOs was at a remarkably low level in Serbia – majority of NGOs were established and operated in Belgrade. In an attempt to encourage the development of local human rights NGOs in various parts of Serbia, the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights decided to support the establishment of the Centre for Human Rights in Niš. One of the main objectives for the establishment of the Centre for Human Rights in Niš was to raise public awareness of the importance of human rights at the local level and to encourage local participation in activities related to human rights. (more…)

Donor: Danish Centre for Human Rights and the Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Duration of the project: January – December 1998

The Report on the human rights situation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1998 was the first one produced by the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights with the wish to present to the public in Yugoslavia and abroad the most important information on how the internationally guaranteed human rights have been respected and enjoyed in the FRY. The intention of the Centre was to examine all the aspects in which human rights were manifested, regulated and enjoyed, restricted or violated in 1998 and to describe the circumstances which influence the true Enjoyment of human rights in the country. (more…)