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

Call for project proposals for national grants for addressing migrant smuggling prevention and/or the protection of smuggled migrants

The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights invites you to apply for a call for project proposals for the award of national grants related to the prevention of smuggling of migrants and/or protection of smuggled migrants, within the project Security for People and Borders – Combating Smuggling of Migrants in the Western Balkans. The project is implemented […]


Bojan Stojanović, IOM-UNHCR Framework document on developing standard operating procedures to facilitate the identification and protection of victims of trafficking, review, Law School in Niš Collection of Papers No. 89/2020, pp. 391-395.

Bojan Stojanović, a Legal Adviser with the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, published a review of the IOM-UNHCR Framework document on developing standard operating procedures to facilitate the identification and protection of victims of trafficking in the latest Collection of Papers of the Law School in Niš In June 2020, the International Organization for Migration […]


BCHR online campaign #MiLjudiZajednoMožemoViše in order to inform the wider public on importance and benefits for the society from the full integration of all its members

21.4.2021. Today’s world has become a place of conflict and persecution, creating a large number of refugees who seek peace, the opportunity to work, to continue their education, have a safe childhood, gather the family together and friends. Many refugees in search of a peaceful life fleeing conflict or persecution see our country as a […]


Amnesty International Publishes Its 2020/2021 Report

The eminent international non-government organisation published its Report 2020/21: the State of the World’s Human Rights.  The Report documents the human rights situation in as many as 149 states, focusing on the situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on human rights across the world. As per the human rights situation in Serbia, […]


BRMC: Migration and migrants today in Serbia and in the region

During the first two months of 2021, the Serbian Commissariat for Refugees and Migration (SCRM) noted 5,453 newly registered persons. The top three nationalities of new arrivals were Afghanistan, Syria, and Somalia, while most of them transited through North Macedonia. 5,956 pushbacks were recorded (53% from Hungary, 44% from Romania, 3% from Croatia and only […]


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New Reports

Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia Periodic Report for January–June 2023

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 […]

Presentation of BCHR’s 2022 Annual Report on the Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia

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. […]

Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia Periodic Report for January–June 2022

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 […]

BCHR PRESENTS ITS ANNUAL REPORT ON THE RIGHT TO ASYLUM IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

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

Goran Sandić, Complementary Forms of International Protection in the Republic of Serbia, 2019

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 […]

Common Western Balkan Migration Policy: Borders and Returns

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 […]

Access to Asylum and Reception Conditions in the Republic of Serbia

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 […]

Closed Borders

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