The non-governmental organisations are pleased to conclude that Ratko Mladić’s arrest demonstrates that there is political will and sufficient capacity in Serbia to put an end to the years-long hiding of the Hague indictee. Impunity – a principle we have witnessed for years – has lost its might with Mladić’s arrest and we expect that the Mladić case will finally move from speculations to court, which will establish his individual accountability. (more…)
On Wednesday 12th May in Media Center, Belgrade Centre for human rights presented diplomas to participants for successfully attending eight-month school for journalists. The school was implemented in project “Promoting responsible and professional reporting on the fight against organized crime, war crimes, discrimination and domestic violence ” supported by Balkan Trust Fund for Democracy.
Belgrade Centre for Human Rights invites you to attend the award of diplomas for students who were in the past eight months successfully attended school for journalists under the project Promoting responsible and professional reporting on issues of organized crime, war crimes, discrimination and domestic violence supported by The Balkan Trust – The Project of the German Marshall Fund.
Diplomas will be awarded in the Media Centre in Belgrade, May 12. 2011, in the 11th hours am, conference room on the first floor. More about project , you can see here.
The terms of office of the members of the Asylum Commission, which reviews complaints against the decisions on asylum applications taken by the Asylum Office, are to expire on 17 April 2012. The Government of the Republic of Serbia is under the obligation to appoint the Asylum Commission members before the terms of office of the current members expire and thus enable the unhindered exercise of the right to asylum guaranteed under the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia. (more…)
Delagation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia (EIDHR)
Donor: Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia
Duration of project: January 2010- January 2011
The main goal of the project is to contribute to the reduction of mythical elements of the understanding of the past and thereby to eliminate the “curse of history” which has been affecting Serbia and its neighbours in the last decade of the 1990s and has dominated much of political thinking and decision making thereafter. The aim of BCHR is not to study the attitudes of the public and the shared images of the past and to wonder about their origin and seek explanations for their existence but to try to replace mythical images of the past by their real understanding of the past events. In other words, much of the teaching of history and the use of history for political aims has been based on the understanding of history as a vehicle for the establishment and preservation of national identity, for enhancing national pride and self-confidence and not for the transmission of objective and scientifically verified presentation of the past. (more…)
Donor: The Balkan Trust – The Project of the German Marshall Fund
Duration of project: May 2010 – June 2011
After two years of monitoring and reporting on the activities of state institutions and media in the fields of organised crime, war crimes, discrimination and domestic violence (more…), the BCHR has concluded that the process of advocacy should be expanded to include not only stakeholders but also the general public. Since the best way to influence public opinion is through media, we believe that building the professional capacity of journalists as “watchdogs of democracy” should be the focus of the future activities of the BCHR in the above-mentioned four fields. (more…)
