The first new year’s human rights street campaign was held in the very centre of the Vračar municipality, in the closest neighbourhood of one of the biggest green markets in Belgrade (Kalenić), between 11 and 13 h., on 30 December 1999 because it was the time when most people were buying groceries for the New Year’s Eve. The “Human Rights Christmas (New Year) Tree” was made of wood – environment friendly – and decorated with many balloons. Various titles of human rights and freedoms were printed on lighters, badges and calendars. The distribution of the above mentioned items together with the booklets “Human Rights for Beginners”, previously published by the Centre, was done by the collaborators of the Belgrade Centre, young lawyers or students of law and activists of other human rights NGOs. The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights invited other Belgrade NGOs to join and distribute their human rights materials, aiming at familiarizing the public not only about human rights but also about the existence of many NGOs in their city. Representatives of Group 484, Civic Initiatives, Autonomous Women’s Centre, CEDEM (Podgorica) and Helsinki Committee joined us.
