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…)

Donor:  Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs – BHRN
Duration of project: November 2005 – March 2006

In the latter half of 2005, the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, the Podgorica-based Human Rights Action and the Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Zagreb began implementing the project Tax Reform to Support NGOs in Promoting Human Rights, Civil Society Development and Democracy. This project aimed at finding and suggesting potential mechanisms to create a system in which the funding of NGOs, notably those advocating the promotion of human rights, development of civil society and democracy, would be partly based on lasting and sustainable in-country sources of funding. (more…)

Donor: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
Duration of project:  November 2005 

Seminar for state representatives and employees who deal with topics related to International Humanitarian Law was organised in Belgrade. Main issues were: development of International Humanitarian Law, Practical Implications of IHL for Institutions and Individuals, Individual Criminal Responsibility for Violation of National and International Humanitarian Law.
Lecturers were Andrew Mc Entee, Human Rights Advisor, OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, prof. Vojin Dimitrijević, Director, Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, Prof. Miodrag Starčević, Serbia and Montenegro Red Cross Society, Vladimir Đerić.

Donor: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
Duration of project: November 2005

Belgrade Centre for Human Rights organized seminar on relation of European Convention on Human Rights and Minority Rights. Main issues addressed were: Protection of Minority Rights and European Convention on Human, Registration and Recognition of Minorities and Minority Institutions, Prohibition of Discrimination and Minority Protection, Freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, Linguistic rights and right to education, effective participation in cultural, religious, social, economic and public life. Lecturers were: Andrew Mc Entee, OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, prof. Vojin Dimitrijević, Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, Philip Leach, London Metropolitan University,Ružica Žarevac, Belgrade Centre for Human Rights.