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Serbia: authorities should ensure safety of demonstrators and improve working environment for civil society and human rights defenders

Posted 29/04/2025 in News
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, conducted a mission to Serbia from 25 to 27 April 2025, focusing on policing of demonstrations and on the working environment for civil society and human rights defenders. The mission was carried out in the context of the ongoing student demonstrations which began in November…

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ECHR Asks Serbia to Respond by March 31 on Alleged Use of Sonic Weapons at March 15 Belgrade Protest

Posted 25/03/2025 in News, Press releasses
Last night, the European Court of Human Rights requested that the Republic of Serbia respond to questions regarding the possible use of sonic weapons at the protest in Belgrade on March 15, 2025. Serbia has been given a deadline of March 31, 2025, to clarify whether illegal means were used against demonstrators, the legal basis…

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Civil Society Organizations’ Statement: More than 3,000 Testimonies from Citizens of Serbia

Posted 18/03/2025 in News, Press releasses
The civil society organizations – Belgrade Center for Human Rights, Civic Initiatives, Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights – YUCOM, Initiative A11, FemPlatz, and CRTA – announce that by Monday, March 17, 2025, at 12 noon, they had received over 3,000 testimonies from citizens of Serbia. These testimonies relate to the events of March 15, 2025,…

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Urgent: End the Political Persecution of Activists from the STAV Youth Group and Members of the PSG

Posted 17/03/2025 in Press releasses
On Friday, March 14, activist and student Lazar Dinić was arrested in Belgrade, while in Novi Sad, members of the Free Citizens Movement (PSG) were detained: Lado Jovović, Marija Vasić, Davor Stefanović, Srđan Đurić, and Mladen Cvijetić. On March 16, the Higher Court in Novi Sad ordered a 30-day detention for these six individuals, and…

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REACTION OF THE NCEU REGARDING THE HARASSMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS

Posted 26/02/2025 in News, Press releasses
The National Convention on the European Union (NCEU) condemns the raid by armed members of the Criminal Police Directorate on the premises of five civil society organizations, including NCEU members, without an appropriate court order. We believe this action, carried out under the orders of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade under the pretext…

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Draft law on special register of foreign influence agents: Russian repression by American recipe

Posted 12/01/2025 in Media
The discrediting label of foreign mercenaries and domestic traitors has been widely used in Serbia since the 1990s. However, for all these years, it has been merely a common, albeit sometimes not so harmless, insult designed to undermine everything that “ "traitors and mercenaries" say and do. Now, however, the Socialist Movement, the party of…

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Greening Justice – Legal Protection Of The Environment

Posted 01/01/2025 in Projects
Project duration: January 2025 – December 2028 Donor: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) Project implemented by: Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights (YUCOM) and the Prosecutors Association of Serbia (PAS) Project value: EUR 2,298,753.05 Environmental crimes are illegal activities that pose a risk or cause significant harm to the environment and/or human…

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Joint Statement:  Stop the Repression and Free the Political Prisoners

Posted 20/11/2024 in Press releasses
We demand that the authorities put an end to the repression against citizens, activists, and opposition figures who are seeking criminal accountability for the deaths of 15 citizens following the roof collapse at the Railway Station in Novi Sad. Repression against the people is growing increasingly brutal, and the highest state officials justify and…

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