Belgrade Centre for Human Rights took part in Lisbon Forum 2016, which was organized by the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe. On behalf of Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, Ms. Sonja Tošković participated in Panel I – Human rights of the people on the move, presenting the situation in Republic of Serbia, with special focus on migration and asylum system in Serbia.  (more…)

The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) continued implementing the project involving the provision of legal aid to refugees and asylum seekers with UNHCR’s support in the latter half of 2016. BCHR lawyers continued regularly visiting Asylum Centres and extending legal advice to refugees, asylum seekers and migrants with a view to familiarising them with their rights and obligations. (more…)

Representatives of the Belgrade Center for Human Rights participated in ECRE Annual General Conference in Berlin, from 12 to 14 October. ECRE, an alliance of 90 organisations in 38 countries protecting refugee rights across Europe, expresses deep concerns about Europe’s growing emphasis on externalization of migration control, which has now moved center stage. The EU is outsourcing its responsibilities on refugee protection and giving financial incentives to countries to stop refugees reaching Europe. Making deals with countries with poor human rights records will not address the root causes of why people flee and it leaves refugees in life threatening situations, ECRE states during its Annual General Conference in Berlin. (more…)

The United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the New York Declaration for refugees and Migrants at a historic summit that was held on 19 September 2016. The Declaration reflects political will for to improve the protection of refugees, especially regarding responsibility sharing. However, the Declaration is a product of compromise and therefore it has a large number of shortcomings, especially obvious are the indecisiveness on certain issues and weak proposed solutions and as such the Declaration is largely seen only as the beginning of a new dialogue that should lead to the adoption of a more substantial Global compact on refugee rights in 2018. (more…)

Representatives of the Belgrade Center for Human Rights participated in the seminar Social Innovation for Refugee Inclusion in Brussels. Seminar was organized by theEuropean Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) in cooperation with Council of Europe and the U.S. Embassy to the European Union. (more…)