Donor: Swedish Helsinki Committee
Duration of the project: June 2006 – May 2007 

The Juvenile Justice Act came into force on 1 January 2006. In June 2006 the State Union Serbia and Montenegro (due to the successful referendum on independence of Montenegro) disappeared, but that fact did not affect legislation because the new Juvenile Justice Act is binding only for Serbia. According to the new Law juvenile justice is under the primary jurisdiction of the district courts, with specific judges in these courts specializing in juvenile issues.  Judicial Training Centre has the competence to issue the certificates for the judges who are preceding cases where the minors are the victims or offenders of the crime. From January 2006 judges have undergone several training programs, focusing specifically on the standards developed by the European Court in this area, as well as on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. These training programs will continue for the foreseeable future. (more…)

Donor: Sixth Framework Programme of the European Commission, Brussels
Duration of the project: May 2006 – April 2009

This project was financed by the European Commission and the research topics to be addressed in this (3 years 2006-2009) project were human rights and conflicts, foundation of human rights and its application in conditions of conflict and war, perceptions of human rights and their violation in conflicts, relations of human rights and rights of ethnic minorities and human rights in the European foreign policy. The reports and special country reports prepared throughout the project are available to the scientific community, policy makers and wider public through a website specifically created for the project. (more…)

Donor: Olof Palmes Internationella Centrum
Duration of the project: January – December 2006

In 2006 the support received from the Olof Palmes Internationella Centrum made it possible for the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights to organise the following project activities: establishment of three study groups and offer advanced Human Rights education to their members; production of the web portal, featuring the best papers on human rights issues written by young authors and all information needed in the process of communicating the international bodies for the promotion and the protection of human rights; the annual Training for Trainers – Human Rights School. (more…)