Donor: National Endowment for Democracy (NED) 
Duration of the project: January – December 1999

The project of the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights and the Council for Human Rights of the Centre for Anti-War Actionintended to establish a link between the  clusters related to the affirmation and implementation of human rights: study of jurisprudence relating to the direct  or indirect implementation of the international human rights instruments, especially those undoubtedly binding on FR Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro); education of law enforcement officers and members of the written and electronic media about international human rights standards and their implementation and proper interpretation in the Yugoslavia context; an analysis of attitudes of state and political officials regarding human right, i.e. the positive (approving) or negative (disapproving) attitudes of the latter towards the idea and practice of human rights. (more…)

Donor: Embassy of Finland in Yugoslavia
Duration of the project: January – December 1999

The aim of the 350 pages “Human Rights in Yugoslavia 1999” Report was to provide readers, both in Yugoslavia and abroad, with relevant and up to date information on the protection of  internationally guaranteed human rights in the FRY. The Report thoroughly examines the human rights situation in the FRY from a practical and legal standpoint, with a special focus on restrictions and violations that curtailed the true enjoyment of human rights in 1999. The Report is divided into three parts. The first part of the Report describes and analyses constitutional, statutory and administrative norms pertaining to human rights. It compares them to international human rights standards and to Yugoslavia’s obligations under the relevant international treaties. Findings in this part rely on information and documents collected by the Centre and kept in its archives. (more…)

Donor: Constitutional and Legal Policy Institute and Open Society Fund
Duration of the project: January – December 1998

This book was the first book on Serbian language explaining the system of the EU law after Maastricht Agreement. The reason for translating and publishing this book was the lack of knowledge and understanding of the Community law, not only in the general public, but also among those supposed to deal with this subject in education, law enforcement and legal representation. It was important for the legal professionals to have the book about EC law because there is luck of the literature in Serbian language on this subject, especially because there is no this kind of education in the curriculum on the universities in Yugoslavia. On the other hand Centre believed that Yugoslavia will change the regime in the near future and begin with the processes of the European integration.

Donor: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), Belgrade
Duration of the project: January / December 1998

The Centre held four seminars entitled Human Rights in Our Society, targeting mainly lawyers and activists in non-governmental organisations in towns where there had been no such training programmes before:

• Human Rights in Our Society, Kragujevac, 28 – 29 March 1998
• Human Rights in Our Society, Knjaževac, 9 May 1998
• Human Rights in Our Society, Šabac, 23 May 1998
• Human Rights in Our Society, Užice, 14 December 1998

Donor: Swedish International Agency for Development Cooperation (Sida)

Duration of the project: January – December 1998 

The main goals of the project were to present an independent Report on the situation in FR Yugoslavia regarding the observance of the rights recognised in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. This Report was submitted as a Counter-report to the Yugoslav Government’s Report to the Committee on Economic and Social Rights. Special attention was paid to the factors and difficulties affecting the degree of fulfillment of obligations under the Covenant. The Belgrade Centre and the co-ordinators of this project assisted in the creation of a permanent body (Board), assembling experts and NGOs activists, which would monitor the fulfillment of obligations under international instruments and national laws, and act as a pressure group advocating the economic and social rights. (more…)

Donor: Swedish International Agency for Development Cooperation (Sida)

Duration of the project: January – December 1998 

Although transition occurs mostly in the economic field, the Belgrade Centre was always aware that there is no transition without comprehensive transformation of the society. Contemporary democracy, which is interdependent with market economy, includes respect for human rights. Cultural rights, comprehended either as individual or as group rights, are an unavoidable element of respect for human rights. (more…)