Donator: UNHCR
Duration of project: January 2012 – December 2012
With UNHCR’s support, the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights has been implementing a project aimed at providing adequate legal assistance to asylum seekers. The BCHR team will be continuously in touch with the asylum seekers by regularly visiting the reception centres at which they are accommodated. (more…)
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…)
Branko Milinković was one of the founders of the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights and our true and loyal friend. He was one of the most popular lecturers at our Human Rights Schools, eloquent and always willing to answer difficult questions, to share his knowledge and experience with others. Although he spent the last decade as a career diplomat, he continued participating in public and academic life. He authored several books and numerous articles, took part in numerous research projects and lectured at many conferences, educational programmes, courses and seminars. (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…)
It is with deepest regret that the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights announces the passing of Vojin Dimitrijević (81), our beloved colleague and Director, in Belgrade today. Vojin Dimitrijević managed the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights since he established it in 1995. He was a member of the Venice Commission, the International Commission of Jurists, a judge at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, a member of the Governing Board of the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI) and a member of the Serbian PEN Centre. (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…)
