Donor: Swiss Embassy
Duration of the project: January – December 2008
This Report was the eleventh one produced by the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights. The purpose of this Report is to present and assess the constitutional and legal provisions related to human rights. All international documents binding on the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro remain binding on Serbia, as its legal successor. These include treaties by which the state has committed itself to respecting and ensuring the respect for human rights. This is why the analysis focused on establishing the extent to which the local legislation is in conformity with the standards in the two most important universal international treaties adopted by the United Nations and ratified by the state – the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. When Serbia and Montenegro joined the Council of Europe, Serbia assumed the obligation to conform its legislation to the European Convention on Human and the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights.Report 2008 is divided into two sections. Firs one analyses and explains in detail the legal provisions related to human rights, analyses the constitutional provisions, the most relevant valid laws and specific decrees that may impact on the full enjoyment of human rights. This part of the Report also comments on certain important laws that are yet to come into force and draft laws related to human rights. Second section is devoted to the actual enjoyment, restrictions or violations of human rights guaranteed by international treaties and the Constitutions and laws of Serbia. BCHR associates have systematically monitored media and reports of international and local NGOs.
If you would like to read the Human Rights in Serbia – A Comprehensive Report for 2008 (in Serbian and English), 2009
