Centre in the Council of Europe conference – Regional Collaboration on Migration and Asylum: Key Challenges and Good Practices

November 18, 2019 by Tamara Protic

November 18, 2019

Belgrade Centre for Human Rights participated in the Council of Europe Conference in Sarajevo, 14.11.2019 on regional cooperation in the field of migration and asylum. A representative of the Centre participated in a panel on the role of international organisations and civil society organisations sharing the experience of the Centre, which as a partner of UNHCR has been involved in the field of asylum since 2012, regarding the current situation in Serbia and the region, the link between human rights and migration, and the application of international standards in the field of asylum. (more…)

Annual General Conference of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

October 29, 2019 by Tamara Protic

October 29, 2019

The BCHR team has participated at the Annual General Conference of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) organised together with the UNHCR-NGO Europe. Consultations were held on 23-24 October 2019 in Brussels. (more…)

Committee against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment Finds Serbia in Violation of the Convention against Torture for Extraditing Kurdish Political Activist Cevdet Ayaz

September 2, 2019 by Tamara Protic

September 2, 2019

The Committee against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment has adopted a decision finding the Republic of Serbia in violation of Articles 3 and 22 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment for extraditing Kurdish political activist Cevdet Ayaz to Turkey on 25 December 2017. (more…)

Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia – Periodic Report for January – June 2019

August 9, 2019 by Tamara Protic

August 9, 2019

Belgrade Centre for Human Rights has compiled a periodic report covering the first half of 2019, analyzing the right of access to the asylum procedure with special focus to access to the Belgrade airport procedure, as well as the practice of decision-making bodies in the asylum procedure through the analysis of individual decisions. (more…)

Acquainting persons who were granted asylum with Serbian culture, history and Constitution

July 30, 2019 by Tamara Protic

July 30, 2019

Donor: Commissariat for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia

For the second time Belgrade Centre for Human Rights is conducting a program for acquainting persons who were granted asylum in Serbia with Serbian culture, history and Constitution by means of the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia in accordance with the Decree on the manner of inclusion in the social, cultural and economic life of persons who were granted asylum. (more…)

Constituencies for Judicial Reform in Serbia

July 24, 2019 by Tamara Protic

July 24, 2019

Platform Otvorena vrata pravosuđa is designed to provide citizens with information on how the justice system functions in Serbia and how they can protect their rights in courts.

The project Constituencies for Judicial Reform in Serbia wants to adopt the principle of open dialogue between citizens and the judiciary, and to encourage their greater engagement in local communities. The task of the project is to help citizens to understand their rights, guaranteed by the Constitution, and also to inform citizens how the judicial system works and how judges and prosecutors make fair and rational decisions.