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Posted 16/03/2020 by admin in Press releasses

We would like to announce that, due to the situation with the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and the intensified measures of the Government of the Republic of Serbia regarding declaring a state of emergency, the Human Rights House with its member organizations unanimously decided that their employees will work from home in the upcoming period. For…

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Declaring a State of Emergency: What does it mean for people in Serbia?

Posted 16/03/2020 by admin in Media

The President of the Republic announced today the decision to declare a state of emergency, due to the danger of the coronavirus spreading. Along with the decision, he announced certain measures which would be introduced within the state of emergency. These measures entail closing of schools, kindergartens, faculites, as well as sports activities. A sentence…

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Defending the Defenders – In Solidarity for the Rights of All

Posted 09/03/2020 by admin in Projects

Project title: Defending the Defenders Project duration: January 2020 – December 2022 Donor: Delegation of the European Union (European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)) Partners: Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights (YUCOM), People’s Parliament Leskovac (PPL) and Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) About the project: The main goal of the project is to strengthen the capacities…

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Support for legalization of buildings in Roma substandard settlements

Posted 05/03/2020 by admin in Projects

Project title: Support to legalization of buildings in Roma substandard settlements Project duration: October 2019 – October 2020 Donor: the program is funded by the European Union and implemented by the SCTM Project value: EUR 90,000.00 About the project: The quality of housing of the Roma population, as well as the legal uncertainty caused by the ownership of illegal housing,…

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Demanding answers: parents of missing Serbian babies protest new law

Posted 01/03/2020 by admin in Media

Serbian lawmakers have adopted a long-awaited law they say will shed light on the mystery of hundreds of missing babies more than 30 years ago, and offer compensation to parents where the fate of their child cannot be determined. In the 1970s and 1980s, hundreds of Serbian babies (some advocates say thousands) mysteriously vanished from…

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Parents slam Serbia bill in chilling ‘missing babies’ cases

Posted 01/03/2020 by admin in Media

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — For years, Mirjana Novokmet has tried to find out what happened to her first child back in 1978. Novokmet, only 19-years-old at the time, was told at a Belgrade clinic that her baby boy was stillborn. She wasn’t allowed to see him, and she has not been able to determine with…

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Serbia passes law in response to babies scandal

Posted 29/02/2020 by admin in Media

Parents fear children were stolen from birth clinics BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbian lawmakers on Saturday approved a long-awaited law that aims to shed light on the fate of hundreds of children whose parents fear might have been stolen from birth clinics throughout the Balkan country. The bill passed on a 136-0 vote in the 250-member assembly.…

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Call for evaluation consultants: Final project evaluation

Posted 13/02/2020 by admin in Media

The Balkan Policy Research Group (BPRG) and Kosovo – Serbia Advocacy Policy Group (KSPAG) is seeking the services of an external consultant(s) for the final evaluation of the “Promoting and Communicating Benefits of the Kosovo-Serbia EU Facilitated Dialogue” project funded by the European Union. Background “Promoting and Communicating Benefits of the Kosovo-Serbia EU Facilitated Dialogue”…

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Stop Using Public Resources to Deny Genocide

Posted 06/02/2020 by admin in Press releasses

Human Rights House once again warns the public about the dangers of Vojislav Seselj’s political actions and ongoing disturbing rhetoric about the 1990s, which recently resulted in a physical attack against civil society activists. Activists who have protested the convicted war criminal’s promotion of his book denying the Srebrenica genocide must be protected from physical attacks.…

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Integrating the Western Balkans: Completing Future Europe

Posted 04/02/2020 by admin in Media

Document “Integrating the Western Balkans – Completing Future Europe” represents a set of recommendations by Serbian think tanks and civil society organizations specialized in European integration on how to effectively improve the EU enlargement framework. It is based on experience in monitoring, analyzing and participating in the EU accession process of Serbia and other Western…

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