We continuously monitor the state of affairs both in the countries where the asylum-seekers come from and in Serbia. All of our findings and reports are available at the Centre’s webpage at www.azil.rs
As a partner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights has, since 2012, provided asylum-seekers in Serbia with free legal aid: they are explained their rights and obligations and represented before the proper authorities in Serbia and the European Court of Human Rights.
UNHCR Guidelines No. 5: Loss and Deprivation of Nationality in accordance with Articles 5-9 of the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
On May 20, 2020, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) adopted the Guidelines on Statelessness (on Loss and Deprivation of Nationality under Articles 5-9 of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness). The conventions related to the fight against statelessness, as well as the UNHCR guidelines, represent the operationalization of the right […]
UNHCR: Practical Recommendations and Good Practice to Address Protection Concerns in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
On 9 April 2020, the UNHCR Regional Office for Europe, published a document entitled “Practical Recommendations and Good Practice to Address Protection Concerns in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic”. The document builds on the practices of developing countries in Europe and beyond, as well as UNHCR’s operational experience in managing the influx of asylum […]
CJEU decision in the case of the European Commission v. Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic
On 2 April 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgment in combined case European Commission v. Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, previously initiated individually for all three EU Member States. In this case, the proceedings of all three states that have failed to comply with the Relocation Decisions,[1] […]
Let’s stop the pandemic together!
Belgrade Center for Human Rights has prepared educational leaflets „Let’s Stop the Pandemic Together“. The leaflets are informative in nature and aim to inform on the COVID-19 disease prevention measures in a simple and accessible way. In addition to Serbian, the leaflets are also available in English, Arabic and Persian thanks to support from the […]
The rights and health of refugees, migrants and stateless must be protected in COVID-19 response – OHCHR, IOM, UNHCR and WHO joint press release
Geneva, 31 March 2020 In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, we are all vulnerable. The virus has shown that it does not discriminate – but many refugees, those forcibly displaced, the stateless and migrants are at heightened risk. Three-quarters of the world’s refugees and many migrants are hosted in developing regions where health systems […]
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New Reports
The Belgrade Center for Human Rights team has compiled a report on the right to asylum in the Republic of Serbia, covering the period from January to end June 2023 which analyses the treatment of the asylum seekers and refugees, based on information the BCHR team obtained during their legal representation in the asylum procedure […]
The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights has the pleasure to present its annual report Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia 2022. UNHCR data show that the number of people who had to flee armed conflict, persecution or natural disasters caused by climate change has reached 103 million for the first time on record. […]
16.08.2022. This Report analyses the treatment of the asylum seekers and refugees in Serbia in the first six months of 2022, based on information the BCHR team obtained during their legal representation in the asylum procedure and provision of support in their integration, and during its field work. The Report also comprises data the BCHR […]
The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights presented its annual report Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia in the Belgrade Media Center on Wednesday, 23 February 2022. The Report editor Ana Trifunović said that the data of the Serbian Commissariat for Refugees and Migration showed that over 60,000 people resided in Serbian asylum and […]
Recommended reports
The document „Complementary Forms of International Protection in the Republic of Serbia“ aims to promote the alternative legal and administrative regulation of statuses in the field of migration and humanitarian protection. The document offers recommendations for changes to relevant laws in this area. Regarding complementary forms of protection, positive laws of the Republic of Serbia […]
This is the first BRMC Regional Policy Paper. Its main purpose is to present to the general and professional public, as well as to stakeholders, the migration situation in the Western Balkans region, particularly through the overview of the relevant regulations mainly focused on the various modalities for the return of migrants. Unlike most regional […]
Belgrade Centre for Human Rights and the International Rescue Commitee published a report on the access to asylum procedure in Serbia which also includes the analysis of the reception conditions. The report outlines the situation following the adoption of new legislation on asylum and foreigners and gives a set of recommendations to the Government on […]
This Programme Report on the impact of the borders closures on people on the move, with a focus on Women and Children in Serbia and Macedonia, provides an analysis of the protection concerns that people on the move, especially women and children, face in Macedonia and Serbia following the closure of the Balkan route and […]
As a partner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights has, since 2012, provided asylum-seekers in Serbia with free legal aid: they are explained their rights and obligations and represented before the proper authorities in Serbia and the European Court of Human Rights.
We continuously monitor the state of affairs both in the countries where the asylum-seekers come from and in Serbia. All of our findings and reports are available at the Centre’s webpage at www.azil.rs
