Donor: Canadian Fund for Local Initiatives
Duration: August 2017 – February 2018
The primary issue this project seeks to address is fighting gender inequality and discrimination of women in Sandžak region in Serbia, specifically in Novi Pazar, Prijepolje and Sjenica. (more…)
The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) hereby informs the public that late last night, on 25 December 2017, the Serbian authorities extradited Kurdish political activist Cevdet Ayaz to his country of origin, Turkey, where he faces the risk of persecution because of his political opinions. Mr. Ayaz, who faces a 15-year-long prison sentence handed down pursuant to a judgment based on a confession he had apparently given under torture, was returned pursuant to an extradition request the Turkish authorities had sent their Serbian counterparts. (more…)
Belgrade Center for Human Rights with the support of the UNHCR office in Belgrade organized a round table on the topic: Serbia from the country of transit to the country of destination – Challenges and practice in the field of refugee integration. (more…)
The lecture “The Right to Asylum and Refugee Law in the Republic of Serbia – International and Domestic Law” was held at the Faculty of Political Science within the project Migrate-Jean Monnet Network, where the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of the Balkans of the Faculty of Political Science participates. The lecture was held by Bojan Stojanovic in front of the Belgrade Center for Human Rights. (more…)
The House of Human Rights and Democracy on 8 December 2017 marked international Human Rights Day by opening the exhibition entitled “Human Rights and Tolerance in the Artistic Interpretation of Posters” and displaying the works of authors from over 15 countries of the world. (more…)
To the Ministry of Justice
Professional associations, being completely devoted to promoting the rule of law in Serbia have relentlessly supported, since their establishment, the elimination of every form of unacceptable influence over the judiciary and promotion of the quality justice system. The preconditions for such a system are the independence of the judiciary and the autonomy of the public prosecution. Both of them can predominantly be achieved by the competent work of the professionals with integrity. (more…)
