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.
Highlights of the Presentation of BCHR’s Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia 2022 Annual Report at the Belgrade Media Centre
1.3.2023.The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) presented its annual report Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia 2022 at a press conference in the Belgrade Media Centre on 28 February. The report was presented by UNHCR Representative in Serbia Soufiane Adjali, BCHR Executive Director Sonja Tošković, BCHR Asylum and Migration Programme Coordinator Anja […]
Ahmed from Medak
23.1.2023.Ahmed’s story in the RS began in 2014, when he and his family – his father, two brothers and two sisters – came to Niš so that their father could complete his graduate studies. Ahmed was 16 when he left his hometown of Baghdad in Iraq and substituted Asia with the Balkans. When he looks […]
Rainbow Migration Network (RMN)
On 23 December 2022, 16 civil society organizations formed the Network of Civil Society Organizations with the aim of providing comprehensive support to LGBTI refugees, asylum seekers and people on the move – Rainbow Migration Network (RMN). The network consists of organizations that have significant experience based on providing support services to LGBTI people, that […]
BCHR Holds Year-End Integration-Related Event “Access to High Education and Cooperation with Socially Responsible Companies as Examples of Good Practices of Refugee Integration in Serbia”
26.12.2022. The Belgrade Centre of Human Rights (BCHR) has been traditionally organising year-end events of relevance to the integration of refugees in Serbia since 2016. This year’s event provided an opportunity to launch a discussion on issues of refugee integration in the Republic of Serbia, share experiences and successful practices and map the current problems […]
Belgrade Youth Cooperative Discriminated against Refugee
25.11.2022.In response to a complaint filed by the Belgrade Centre of Human Rights, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality issued an opinion finding the Belgrade-based Youth Cooperative Bulevar in violation of Article 8 in conjunction with Article 16 of the Serbian Anti-Discrimination Act, because it refused to accept as its member a minor granted […]
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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
