The preparations for the spring tour of the play The Game began – this year we are performing in Novi Pazar, Sjenica, Šid, Loznica and Belgrade. (more…)

The Human Rights House demands that the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Ministry of Justice urgently stop the regression of the reached level of protection of personal data and the right to free access to information of public importance, as well as undermining the institution of Commissioner responsible for these affairs.

Full text of the announcement is HERE

Representatives of the Belgrade Center for Human Rights met with special prosecutor for high-tech crime Branko Stamenkovic, deputy public prosecutor Dr Jasmina Kiurski and deputy republican public prosecutor Tamara Mirovic. This meeting had the purpose of establishing cooperation of Belgrade Center for Human Rights with the Public Prosecutor’s Office in order to exchange experiences of this institution in the fight against hate speech. During the meeting, participants discussed about the existing legal framework regarding hate speech as a form of discrimination, as well as the challenges that the prosecution meets in its practice.

The Belgrade Center for Human Rights, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights YUCOM and the Association of Public Prosecutors and Deputy Public Prosecutors of Serbia sent a joint comment on the Working text of the amendment to the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia of the Ministry of Justice in the part concerning the regulation of the public prosecution and holders of public prosecutorial functions.

Comments on Serbian can be downloaded HERE.

Belgrade Center for Human Rights expresses great concern over the increasingly frequent hate speech in the online sphere. For this reason, the Belgrade Center for Human Rights within the project “Anonymous Hatred” launches available anti-hate speech protection mechanisms, such as complaints to the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality and Appeal to the Press Council. (more…)