Belgrade Center for Human Rights

Belgrade Pride Parade and the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights

Monday, 29 April 2013 20:24

Belgrade Pride Parade and the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights welcome the ruling of the Constitutional Court of Serbia dated 18^th April 2013 that, through banning Pride Parade 2011, the Republic of Serbia violated the constitutionally guaranteed rights to freedom of assembly, effective legal remedy, and legal protection.This ruling relates to the constitutional complaint that was lodged by the organisers of Belgrade Pride, who were represented in court by experts from the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights.

News from the Centre

Human Rights in Serbia 2012-1 The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights on Monday, 15 April 2013, in Belgrade Media Center, presented its annual report on the state of human rights in Serbia for the year 2012. The main findings were briefly outlined by: Vesna Petrovic - executive director, Ivan Protic- journalist, Sonja Toskovic - lawyer, Bojan Gavrilovic - lawyer and Ana Trkulja - researcher. The publication of the report was financially supported with means from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Netherlands Embassy in Belgrade. The report can be downloaded here ...

The second training organised as part of the Project Promoting responsible and professional reporting on the selected issues of discrimination, violence in society, the right to education and transparency of government decision-making was devoted to the subject of asylum system and asylum seekers in Republic of Serbia. Read more...

Press conference

“Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia 2012”

Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia FINAL-1 25/04/2013, 12:00, Media Center (Terazije 3)

Speakers:

Miloš Janković, Deputy Protecor of Citizens;

Sonja Tošković, Legal Officer from the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights;

Jovana Zorić, Legal Officer from the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights;

Bojan Gavrilović, Legal Officer from the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights;

Imola Sörös, Legal Officer from the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights

Through the dilemmas of two young people, the short film “Encounter” raises the question of what the significance of dealing with the past is for young generations. Should wars and their victims be left in the past, as an unknown to young generations which should only think about the future? Besides this, the film attempts to present the basic premiess of international criminal law and its significance. Short film "Encounter" of the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights
conducted with the support of the British embassy is available on the Youtube chanel BCHR. More...

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