The aim of this Guide is to familiarize micro, small, and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) with court processes and address common questions they may have before approaching the court for misdemeanors and economic offenses. It provides a realistic and comprehensive understanding of legal procedures before entering the court system. The content and topics of the Guide…
Milan Filipović, Director of Research at the Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights (YUCOM), participated in a regional consultative meeting in Vienna on May 29, 2023, at the invitation of Clemont Voule, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association.
The main goal of this meeting, which brought together representatives of…
The guide, How Can I Help Make the Election Campaign Fairer?, is intended for anyone who recognizes that one or more rules designed to ensure a fair and equal election campaign are being violated. It is also for individuals who notice procedures that could compromise the equality of participants, citizens’ rights, or the public interest…
The publication Freedom of Assembly in Serbia and Digital Technologies: Obstacles and Perspectives focuses on analyzing the existing legal framework governing freedom of assembly, with particular emphasis on the impact of digital technologies on organizing and limiting this freedom. It examines the practical application of the legal framework, identifies obstacles in this area, and explores…
The Guide to Addressing the European Court of Human Rights is designed to help citizens understand how this international court makes decisions and when and how they can approach it to protect their rights. The guide explains the importance of the European Convention on Human Rights, who can apply to the Court, what a petition…
On April 21, 2023, the president of the Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights – YUCOM, Katarina Golubović, addressed at the 15th meeting of the EU-Serbia Joint Consultative Committee (JCC), held in Brussels.
As this platform enables representatives of the EU and civil society from Serbia to monitor the country’s accession negotiations and to discuss issues of…
Katarina Golubović, the president of the Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights (YUCOM), was among the key participants at the UPR Pre-Session events in Geneva this week. The event brought together human rights advocates and representatives of civil society organizations from Serbia to create a comprehensive report that evaluates the country’s progress in fulfilling the recommendations…
The guide How to Achieve the Right to an Old-Age Pension Faster - Judicial Protection is designed to help citizens more easily and quickly secure their right to an old-age pension through administrative proceedings before the first- and second-level authorities of the Republic Fund for Pension and Disability Insurance. It provides information on the conditions…
The National Convention on the European Union Working Group for Chapter 23 alarms the public that only 36 hours after the end of the public debate, the Government of the Republic of Serbia adopted five judicial laws proposals that had entered the parliamentary procedure on January 17, 2023. It has raised the question of the meaning of the public…
The set of judicial laws implementing the constitutional reforms adopted on the referendum should be adopted by February 9, the anniversary of the promulgation of the new Constitution in the Serbian Parliament. This should enable greater independence of judges and prosecutors, being one of Serbia’s obligations towards the European Union defined by the Action Plan…
