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…