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Belgrade Centre for Human Rights
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| Affiliation with other organizations: | The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights is a member of several networks: 1.Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI) - The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights was in 2002 admitted to the prestigious Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI), rallying scientific institutions in European countries that have systematically and successfully been analysinghuman rights issues. The Centre has been entrusted with organising the 2007 and 2015 AHRI annual conferences. 2. Balkan Human Rights Network (BHRN) - In 1997, the Belgrade Centre began intensive cooperation with the Danish Centre for Human Rights and organisations focussing on human rights in the region with view to promote human rights. After several preparatory meetings, the Balkan Human Rights Network, rallying NGOs in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, was set up. The Balkan Human Rights Network is involved in human rights education, runs a human rights information database and addresses the problems of refugees and IDPs. It is also involved in drafting legislation. BHRN publishes the Balkan Yearbook of Human Rights, which is every year edited in a different country in the region. 3. South East European Network (SEEYN) - The South East European Network (SEEYN) was etsablished at the initiative of Danish organisations focussing on the young. Their goal is to implement joint actions with similar organisations and groups in the region to build new bridges of cooperation and work on eliminating prejudice, xenophobia, intolerance and other effects of the violent past. 4. The Platform of Organizations for Cooperation with UN Human Rights Mechanisms (Platform) - The Platform was founded in June 2018 by civil society organizations with ample experience in reporting to UN human rights mechanisms. These CSOs recognized the need for and relevance of the continuous evidence-based reporting process, monitoring of the implementation of the recommendations these mechanisms have been issuing to Serbia and interaction with Serbian Government bodies for monitoring the implementation of UN human rights recommendations. The Platform’s activities are guided by the CSOs’ recognition of their common interest in systematically engaging in interaction with UN human rights mechanisms.The goal of the Platform is to provide a unified and standardized approach to thematic, timely and quality reporting activities in relation to UN human rights mechanisms. The work within the Platform is divided into thematic working groups that continuously and intensively deal with activities related to a specific thematic area, a group of right holders, a specific treaty or a United Nations mechanism. The Platform comprises eight thematic working groups at the moment. |
| Publications: | Rights and Freedoms, International and Yugoslav Standards, 1995, 500 Rights of the Child – National and International Standards, 1997, 500 Humanitarian Law in Theory and Practice, 1997, 1000 Realisation of Economic and Social Rights, 1999, 500 The Right to Nationality, 1999, 500 Cultural Rights, 1999, 1000 International Procedures for The Human Rights Protection, 2001, 500 International Standards for the Criminal Procedure, 2001, 500 International Humanitatian Law, 2002, 500 Protection of Individual Rights before the United Nations Treaty Bodies, 2003, 1000 Collection of International Documents on Human Rights I – III, 1996, 1000 Selected Decision on Human Rights Bodies I, 1997, 500 UN Instruments – Human Rights, 2000, 500 Selected Decision on Human Rights II, 2002, 500 International Public Law – Selected Documents, 2005, 1000 Council of Europe Instruments, 2005, 1000 Basic Documents on Human Rights, 2005, 1000 Selected Decision on Human Rights III, 2005, 500 Selected Decision on Human Rights IV, 2006, 500 International Instruments on Rights of the People with Disabilities, 2007, 1000 Selected Decision on Human Rights V, 2007, 700 copies Public International Law, 2005, 1000 International Human Rights Law, 2006, 500 International Human Rights Law, 2007, 500 Public International Law (Second edition), 2007, 1000 The European Convention on Human Rights and its Protocols, 1996, 1000 Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and its Explanatory Report, 1996, 1000 The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Explanatory Report, 1996, 1000 European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, 1996, 1000 Reports of the Special Rapporteur on the Violations of Human Rights in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia, Elizabeth Rehn, 1996, 1997, 500 Human Rights as a Topic in Public Debate – Human Rights in Judicial Practice, 1997 Towards the Elections 2000 – A Handbook for Election Supervision, 2000, 500 Model Law on Public Information, 1998, 500 Responsibility of States for International Delicts, 2000, 500 Handbook for Teachers, 2001, 500 Human Rights Manual for Civil Servants, 2001, 500 Democratic Control of Armed Forces: The Role of Parliament, Media and Academia, 2001, 500 Handbook on the Death Penalty, 2002, 1000 Handbook for Members of the Police, 2002, 500 Human Rights and Armed Forces, 2002, 500 Culture of Human Rights, 2002, 1500 Truth and Reconciliation, 2003, 500 The Activity of ICTY and National War Crimes Judiciary, 2005, 200 Tax Reform for Human Rights, 2006, 500 World Religions – Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, 2007, 1250 Monitoring and reporting the activities of judicial institutions in Serbia in the field of organized crime, war crimes, discrimination and domestic violence – Report, 2008, 1200 Labour rights of women in Serbia, 2008, 700 Economic and Social Rights in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1998, 500 Human Rights in FRY 1998, 1999, 500 Human Rights in FRY 1999, 2000, 500 Human Rights in FRY 2000, 2001, 500 Human Rights in FRY 2001, 2002, 500 Human Rights in FRY 2002, 2003, 500 Human Rights in Serbia and Montenegro 2003, 2004, 500 Human Rights in Serbia and Montenegro 2004, 2005; Human Rights in Serbia and Montenegro 2005, 2006; Regional Human Rights Report 2005, 2006, Human Rights in Serbia 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020; Report on Youth Rights in the Republic of Serbia in 2019; Report on Youth Rights in the Republic of Serbia in 2020; |
| Purpose of the organization: | The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights was established with the main purpose to study human rights and humanitarian law, to disseminate knowledge about them and to educate individuals engaged in this area. It hopes, thereby, to promote the development of democracy and rule of law in Serbia and other successor states of the former Yugoslavia and societies in transition from authoritarian to democratic rule. The recipients of the services of the Centre and its target groups are members of legislative bodies, law enforcement officers, NGO activists, military officers, teaching staff at universities and other educational institutions and their students, journalists, etc. The most important fields of the work of the Centre are: - Education - Publishing - Research - Reporting on the state of enjoyment of human rights - Monitoring of the observance of human rights in Serbia - Assistance to applicants to the European Court of Human Rights and international treaty bodies. |
| A list of members of the governing body of the organization, and their countries of nationality: | The Governing Board is the executive body of the Centre. It has 5 embers who are elected and recalled by the Assembly. The term of the members of the Governing Board is 4 years. They can be re-elected to the same position. Members of the Governing Board are: Prof. Dr Vesna Petrovic, Dr Vesna Pešić, Miloš Stojković, Igor Bandović, Nenad Petković. All members of the Board have Serbian nationality. |
Advancement of Women
| Publications: | Asylum Act Gender Analysis - Enforcement of the Gender Equality Principle in the Asylum System in the Republic of Serbia, 2016, 100 |
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Statements or documents submitted to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: |
Info from Civil Society Organizations, BCHR through the Platform of Organizations, 28 February 2019, available at: https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCEDAW%2fCSS%2fSRB%2f33859&Lang=en |
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