Donor: British Embassy in Belgrade
Duration of the project: June 2006 – December 2006

The overall purpose of the project was to counter the view of the international community in Serbian society which is based on many misconceptions which border on the irrational. By publishing and disseminating Prof. Simpson’s book, the Belgrade Centre was aiming at contributing to creating a more reasonable and theoretically informed view of the international community and Serbia’s position. (more…)

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

The main purpose of the project is to contribute to a better understanding of the link between transnational terrorist groups and criminal organizations in the Western Balkans and their role in the peace-building process in the region. The project helped to create a network of European researchers with the aim: to map and integrate European research capacities on the impact of transnational terrorist groups and criminal organizations on the peace-building process in the Western Balkan region; to develop a shared methodology of collecting facts and figures; to promote an interdisciplinary scientific dialog among experts in the field of terrorism, criminology, security studies, peace and conflict studies and human rights; to exchange experiences as well as different proposals for legal and institutional reforms and to coordinate and publicize the results of research in courses held with young professionals and representatives of the civil society and among policy-makers. (more…)

Donor: European Commission, Brussels
Duration of the project: January 2006 – December 2009

Croatian Law Centre (HPC) was main administrator of this project. The project is aimed to the strengthening the protection in Croatia and region (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro) by developing an asylum system consistent with international standards. Target groups were: asylum seekers, actors involved in the asylum issues, young people and NGOs in target countries. Main activities were focused on the drafting, implementation and ensuring the effectiveness of national legislations (monitoring of the implementation of law, amendments submitted, free legal aid provided, actors involved in asylum issues educated, border monitoring mechanism proposed), on regional cooperation (regional network of non-governmental organizations developed and regional dialogue and exchange of knowledge and experiences in asylum issues established), and on elimination of prejudice and stereotypes with respect to asylum-seekers (journalists educated, youth sensitised, information campaigns carried out). (more…)

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…)