Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Children
Criminal Justice
Human Rights
International Law
Justice
Media
Minority Rights
Refugees
Religion
Torture
Women/gender Equality
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Human rights of women
Research
Trafficking in women and girls
Violence against women
Social Development:
Employment
Poverty
Youth
Statistics:
Crime and criminal justice statistics
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Geographic scope: |
National
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Country of activity: |
Serbia
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Millennium Development Goals: |
Promote gender equality and empower women
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Mission statement: |
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Year established: |
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Year of registration: |
1995 |
Organizational structure: |
Bodies of the Belgrade Centre are the Assembly, the Governing Board, the Supervisory Board and the Advisory Board. The Assembly of the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights is composed of all members of the Association. The Assembly adopts the plan and program of work, adopts the Statute and amendments thereto; examines and adopts the report of the Governing Board, at least once a year; examines and adopts a financial plan and report; elects and releases members of the Governing Board and elects and dismisses members of the Advisory Board. The Governing Board (composed of 5 members with a term of 4 years) is the executive body of the Centre. It is responsible for the implementation of the objectives of the Centre and the decisions of the Assembly. The Governing Board elects the Director, Executive Director. The Director of the Centre represents the Centre and has the rights and obligations of treasurer. The Executive Director is authorized to represent the Centre and sign all financial documents on behalf of the Centre. The Governing Board co-ordinates the work of the Centre between Assembly sessions and adopts decisions for the implementation the Centre's objectives; organizes the daily activities of the Centre; entrusts special tasks to members; adopts financial decisions and decides on opening and closing of local and regional branch offices of the Centre. The Supervisory Board (composed of 3 members with a term of 4 years) controls the financial activities of the Centre and informs the Governing Board of any irregularity, without delay. The Supervisory Board submits a report at each Assembly Session. The Advisory Board discusses all important questions for the Centre and submits its proposals and suggestions to the Governing Board. Current members of the Governing Board are: Prof. Vesna Petrović, Miloš Stojković, Dr Vesna Pešić, Igor Bandović and Nenad Petković. Current members of the Council are: Srđan Darmanović, Prof. Yoram Dinstein, Prof. Jochen Abr. Frowein, Prof. Dragor Hiber, Prof. Aleksandra Jovanović, Dr Ivan Janković, Morten Kjærum, Prof. Miomir Matulović, Prof. Göran Melander, Prof. Vladimir Vodinelić, dr Slobodan Vučetić and Prof. Nevena Vučković Šahović a former membr of the Committee on the Rights of the Child. |
Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Human Rights House Network, Association of Human Rights Institutes, European Council on Refugees and Exiles, Coalition for Monitoring Child Rights, Balkan Human Rights Network, South East European Network, Coalition for Free Access to Information |
Funding structure: |
Foreign and international grants
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