Belgrade Centre for Human Rights was founded with the aim of enhancing knowledge of human rights and humanitarian law, thus one of the Centre’s most important activities is education. At the time of its inception, the availability of literature in Serbian on human rights was lacking. Accordingly, in 1995, Centre began to publish books and collections of articles relating to human rights, with the goal of encouraging academics to engage with the theory of human rights. This is in the line with Centre’s persistent attempts to establish a high level of respect for human rights in the rule of law and raise citizens’ awareness of the importance and ambit of human rights and civil liberties concepts, thereby creating an environment for their full appreciation.
In 2024, the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, with the support of UNDP, prepared a National Baseline Assessment in the area of business and human rights in Serbia. The primary purpose of this National Baseline Assessment is to serve as a foundation for evaluating Serbia’s alignment with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human […]
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The publication – One Year of Application of Temporary Protection in the Republic of Serbia: Comparative Analysis and Recommendations – was prepared within the UNHCR project “Support to Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Serbia”. Its purpose is to highlight the importance of the realisation of the rights of refugees, particularly through the prism of the […]
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The BCHR present the analysis on the practice of the higher courts and the Ministry of Justice in extradition proceedings in the last five years, i.e. from the beginning of 2017 to the end of 2021, with cases where foreign nationals were extradited despite serious risks that they would face persecution, death penalty, torture, inhuman […]
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The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights has published its publication Prohibition of Torture and Other Forms of Ill-Treatment in Serbia 2018-2020, which includes an analysis of the relevant national criminal law, prosecutorial investigations and court proceedings against public officials suspected of extortion of confessions and torture or ill-treatment. The publication analyses investigations of police ill-treatment during […]
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The prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is one of the few international human rights law norms that are absolute and non-derogable. Despite the crucial importance of the prohibition of ill-treatment, human dignity, that is, the physical and mental integrity of individuals, is still violated, while various crimes committed by public officials remain the “dark […]
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The BCHR has for years now been focussing on protecting the human rights of persons deprived of liberty and investing major efforts in ensuring compliance with one of the main civilizational legacies – the absolute prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, or the prohibition of ill-treatment for short. This book is intended for judges […]
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