Donor: UNDP

Duration of project: May 2012 – September 2012

The UNDP, the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights and media company B92 launched the “Rate Your Rights” campaign to involve the citizens in rating the implementation of the Human Rights Council recommendations to the Republic of Serbia in the first round of the Universal Periodic Review. A questionnaire was published on the B92 website, one of the most popular news portals in Serbia. Over 3000 replies to the 18 questions in the questionnaire were posted between 9 June and 15 September 2012. The number of replies and their content demonstrate major public interest in the state’s attitude toward individuals, vulnerable groups and the general state the Serbian society is in. The respondents did not give only general assessments, but shared their personal experiences as well.   (more…)

Donator: The Balkan Trust – The Project of the German Marshall Fund and the City of Belgrade’s Agency for Cooperation with NGOs and European Harmonization

Duration of Human Rights School: 5. – 14. November 2012.

This project is the continuation of the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights’ long tradition in educational activities, which have been part of the Centre’s field of work since its inception. This year’s Human Rights School was the eightnteenth annual such school. It was aided by the Balkan Trust – The Project of the German Marshall Fund and the City of Belgrade’s Agency for Cooperation with NGOs and European Harmonization and the Belgrade Youth Office offered their premises (Info Room) for the School. The School brings together participants interested in this field, who range from law students, political science or social science students, postgraduates and NGO activists from Serbia on the one hand, and on the other, relevant experts in this field, representatives of international institutions and NGOs. (more…)

Donor: USAID JRGA

Duration: march – december 2012

Lawyer’s Committee for Human Rights – YUCOM, together with the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, in the period from March to December 2012 implemented the project that aims to determine the effect of the recommendations coming from the Ombudsman of the Republic of Serbia and to investigate the influence of the authority of this institution in relation to public bodies for which the Ombudsman’s office found a violation of the principles of good governance. (more…)