Projects - 2001

Developing and Strengthening Democracy and Human Rights Culture in Yugoslavia after Political Changes in 2000

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December 21, 2001

Donor: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Stability Pact Fund
Duration of project: January 2001 – May 2002

The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights identified the following four priorities for its overarching project of developing and strengthening democracy and human rights culture in Yugoslavia after the political changes in 2000:

  1. continuation of its two-week training courses;
  2. reprinting and production of educational materials;
  3. production of manuals for the police and army; and
  4. production of two manuals for special target groups. (more…)

Research and Production of the Report on Human Rights in FR Yugoslavia for 2001

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Donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany, Stability Pact Fund
Duration of project: January – December 2001

The 450 pages Report on the Human Rights Situation in 2001 in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was drafted by the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights in order to offer to the Yugoslav and foreign public a survey of the actual exercise and enjoyment of the internationally-guaranteed human rights in the FRY. The Centre’s aim was to look into as many forms as possible of the exercise, enjoyment, legal regulation, limitation and violation of human rights and the most important factors influencing them. (more…)

Education in FR Yugoslavia on Procedures for the Protection of Human Rights

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Donor: Swedish International Agency for Development Cooperation (Sida) and Royal Netherlands Embassy
Duration of project: January – December 2001 

Although former Yugoslavia ratified all major international human rights instruments, human rights issues have never attracted particular attention of the Yugoslav legal community. Human rights have been for a long time neglected in theory and practice, and the protection of individual rights versus the state was at a disturbingly low level on the whole territory of the former Yugoslavia. One of the reasons for the lamentable human rights situation lies in the lack of knowledge and understanding of human rights, not only among the general public, but also among those who are in position to deal with human rights issues in education, law enforcement, legal representation, reporting on human rights issues, etc. (more…)