After the democratic changes in the year 2000 Serbia has created the conditions for market development economy, parliamentary democracy with rule of law and full respect for human rights. In connection with this transitional direction taken by the Serbia as one of the most important items, necessary for the further successful development of the country, is a fair and efficient judiciary. We think that organized crime, war crimes, domestic violence and discrimination are the four most current, each in its own way a key area of justice for the development of the rule of law, and that through following these procedures can be seen the most efficient development of an independent judiciary in Serbia. An objective of the Centre is to contribute to strengthening civil society and the legal profession in the process and strengthening initiatives for the protection of human rights, increasing interest for the protection of the courts and preventing human rights violations.
Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, from November 2006 until October 2008 carried out the project monitoring and reporting on the activities of state institutions in Serbia, in the areas of organized crime, war crimes, discrimination and domestic violence. Twelve contributors of the Belgrade Center for Human Rights and final year students of the Faculty of Law of Belgrade worked together to complete this project. On February 2008 and in the same period of year 2009 were held a series of round tables at which the annual reports were presented on the results of monitoring.
This project was funded by the Canadian International Development Agency and the Institute for Sustainable Communities.
Annual reports and news articles you see on the site of the Belgrade Center for Human Rights are posted in the Serbian language.