Donor: Council of Europe
Duration of project: February 2001

Within the framework of the processes towards the accession of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the Council of Europe, and on the basis of Resolution (2000) 15 of the Committee of Ministers, a “Conference on the compatibility of the legislation and practice with the European Convention on Human Rights and other European norms” took place in Belgrade on 16 – 17 February 2001. The conference was co-organised by the Council of Europe and the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights. (more…)

Donor: The Olaf Palme International Center
Duration of project: January – December 2001

The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights organised Training the Trainers Course – Human Rights School for future lecturers on human rights and democracy as a continuation of its ‘Training the Trainers’ project. Participants in the project were individuals with degrees in law, political science, history, etc., as well as assistant professors and students.The training lasted 12 days and was comprised of a combination of lectures, case studies and workshops.

Donor: Freedom House
Duration of the project: May 2001- April 2002

The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights opened its branch office in Priboj, in the ethnically – mixed region of Sandzak, in February 2001. The goal of the project was to help the development of civil society in the region. Thus, a series of round tables was organized, at which different aspects of civil society and human rights were discussed. The goal was not only to spread information and educate, but to build a network among the participants, so that they could later cooperate. There were six round tables, covering different areas. The seminars exposed the public in the region to the human rights in diverse societies and showed that dialogue between members of different ethnic groups was possible. (more…)

Donor: FRESTA – Peace and Stability Secretariat of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Duration of project: May 2001 – September 2002

The Project “Support to Reform of the Justice Sector in Serbia” was the project of the Danish Institute of Human Rights (DIHR), which started in May 2001 and is sponsored by the Peace and Stability Secretariat (FRESTA) of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The project was carried out in cooperation with the two relevant Serbian Ministries: the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Justice and also includes support to two local NGOs: Belgrade Centre for Human Rights and Belgrade Child Rights Centre (Yugoslav Child Rights Centre). (more…)

Donor: The Council of Europe (CoE)
Duration of project: September 2001 – April 2002

The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights organised a three-phase project for the abolition of the death penalty in Serbia. In the first phase, a mode survey on the level of consciousness of the death penalty in Serbia was designed by Professor Dragan Popadić. The survey passed Council of Europe scrutiny, and by their recommendations new questions were included and an opinion poll was added. A one-day training course for survey conductors followed, and the trained conductors travelled around Serbia gathering data from respondents of different ages, sexes and educational backgrounds. (more…)

Donor: The Centre for Liberal Strategies, Bulgaria (NED grant)
Duration of project: November 2001 – February 2002

Within the project awarded to the Centre for Liberal Strategies (Bulgaria) by the National Endowment for Democracy, the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights was assigned to develop a policy document called “Country Report for Serbia”. The document consisted of: (more…)