Landmark Hate Crime Ruling: First Conviction for Domestic Violence Motivated by Sexual Orientation in Serbia  A landmark case involving long-standing domestic violence, triggered by a son's disclosure of his sexual orientation, concluded after five years. The case centred on I.S., who faced years of psychological and physical abuse from his father. His mother, who defended…

Restoring Family Bonds: Landmark ECHR Ruling in Support of a Mother Denied Contact with Her Child Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights – YUCOM represented a mother living with HIV who was denied contact with her child for over eight years due to delays and non-enforcement of court orders by Serbian authorities. In the case…

Upholding the Right to Marry: Victory for Individual Autonomy in Serbia Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights – YUCOM, advocating for the rights of individuals with mental health conditions, represented D.M. in her case initiated by the Center for Social Work (CSR), challenging her right to marry. Despite being partially deprived of the legal capacity to manage…

Defending the Right to Protest: Acquittal in Blockade Case over Controversial Referendum Law Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights – YUCOM represented K.M., who was accused in 2021 of organizing a public protest in Gornji Milanovac without notifying the police. The protest responded to adopting the Law on Referendum and People's Initiative. K.M. had shared calls to…

Standing Up for Accountability: Protests Against Hospital Management Amid COVID-19 Crisis During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in June and July 2020, a severe crisis unfolded in Novi Pazar, where local authorities and hospital management were ill-prepared for the epidemic. Specialist doctors from the General Hospital in Novi Pazar publicly criticized the hospital director's…

Justice for a Whistleblower: Addressing Workplace Bullying in Serbia's Law Enforcement In the summer of 2015, a Department for the Investigation of War Crimes member contacted the Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights – YUCOM, reporting workplace bullying linked to his efforts to expose irregularities in significant cases, including human rights violations. This officer's commitment to integrity…

Justice Delayed: The Eight-Year Ordeal of Milomir Živković Against Injustice in Military Intelligence Milomir Živković, a former member of the Military Security Agency (VBA), faced serious allegations of abuse of office in 2007. Still, it wasn't until 2015 that he was finally acquitted in a long, arduous legal battle. The accusations stemmed from unauthorized…

TORTURA OD STRANE ZATVORSKOG ČUVARA (M.M.) Komitetu pravnika za ljudska prava iz KPZ-a se 2014. godine javio M.M. tražeći besplatnu pravnu pomoć u postupku koji se protiv njega vodio u toku odsluženja kazne zatvora zbog navodnog napada na službeno lice, zatvorskog čuvara. M.M. je pravnosnažno osuđen i u trenutku kada se javio za besplatnu pravnu…

Seeking Justice: The Fight Against Unjust Detention  N.M. reached out to YUCOM after experiencing a challenging ordeal. He was detained in September 2009 on suspicions of international terrorism, which later changed to charges of endangering public safety. His detention was prolonged until February 2010, when the Belgrade Court of Appeals lifted it. After spending 136…

Behind Bars and in Pain: The Struggle for Adequate Health Care in Prison M.Đ., serving a prison sentence at the Correctional Facility in Niš, suffered from a chronic ear infection for an extended period, enduring severe pain. In 2016, the Healthcare Service determined that surgery was necessary, but it wasn't performed until June 2018, when…