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.
International (Refugee) Law & Julian Assange
The change in the Ecuadorian interpretation of complicated norms of regional and international (refugee) law, after 2488 days of refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, led to the arrest of Julian Assange in April 2019. Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, an entity publishing secret documents and correspondence from state authorities and officials around […]
New EASO report on Afghanistan
The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has published a country of origin report on Afghanistan called „Key socio-economic indicators. Focus on Kabul City, Mazar-e Sharif and Herat City.“ During 2018, Afghanistan ranked second among the countries of origin of asylum seekers in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland with 45,300 applications. This report is an […]
Refugee Situation in Serbia in March 2019
According to the UNHCR estimates, the number of refugees and migrants in Serbia remained unchanged during March and amounted to 4,202 persons of concern, of which around 3,625 were located in state asylum centres and reception centres by the end of the month. Most of the refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants were accommodated in the reception […]
Who cannot be granted a refugee status?
The refugee status is sometimes the only way to protect the lives of the persecuted people. As such, the refugee status and asylum that accompanies it are institutes of international law with very human purpose. Nevertheless, there are certain categories of persons who have committed such acts, or fall under such categories, that they are […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment on his visit to Serbia
Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Nils Melzer published a report after his visit to Serbia. The report contains sections on allegations of torture and ill-treatment, the lack of genuine investigation, the conditions of detention, the length of pretrial detention, institutions for persons with psychosocial disabilities and refugees […]
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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
