30 Oct Report on the State of Human Rights in Serbia in 2020
The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) published its Report on the State of Human Rights in Serbia in the first half of 2020, focusing on respect for human rights...
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05 Oct Southeast European countries are the least open to accepting migrants
Posted at 05 Oct 2020
in North Macedonia, ▶ Migrants rights, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina
According to US analytics company Gallup, which released a new survey on September 23, finding that countries from Southeast Europe are among the least accepting of migrants. The lowest score in...
28 Sep Combating the rise of digital rights violations in Southeast Europe
Posted at 28 Sep 2020
in North Macedonia, Serbia, ▶ Data protection, Kosovo, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Freedom of speech
Nineteen organisations from Southeast Europe have joined forces in a newly-established network that aims to advance the protection of digital rights and address the growing challenges posed by the widespread...
22 Jun Digital rights violations proliferated in South-East Europe during the coronavirus pandemic
Posted at 22 Jun 2020
in North Macedonia, Serbia, Internet, ▶ Data protection, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Freedom of speech
Digital rights violations proliferated in Central and South-East Europe during the coronavirus pandemic, with over half of them involving propaganda, disinformation or the publication of unverified information, monitoring by BIRN...
26 May World Press Freedom Day 2020
In a statement issued ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić calls on governments to avoid unduly restricting media freedom...
06 May DNA sampling was not in accordance with Article 8 of the Convention
Posted at 06 May 2020
in Serbia, ▶ Judiciary, Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life)
In the case of Dragan Petrović v. Serbia (application no. 75229/10, 14.04.2020) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been no violation of Article 8 (right...
06 May The right to freedom of media in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia
On 28 March, Serbian government adopted a five-point decision regulating the centralization of public information on the coronavirus pandemic during the current state of emergency. The Decision mentions that all...
20 Mar Enforcement of Judgment Zorica Jovanovic v. Serbia
The Human Rights Director of the Council of Europe received the State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice of Serbia, at the margins of the CMDH meeting (3-5 March). Serbian...
13 Jan Human Rights Watch World Report 2020
World Report 2020 is Human Rights Watch’s 30th annual review of human rights practices around the globe, covering 100 countries and territories in the world and the period from the end...
13 Jan Council of Europe’s new report on Serbia’s legal framework for protecting national minorities
The report on Serbia’s legal framework for protecting national minorities published on 18th December 2019 states that Serbian authorities are making commendable efforts to improve the situation of Roma-communities and...