All children, regardless of any personal characteristics and legal status, have certain rights guaranteed by numerous international instruments. The fundamental principles for the protection of children are the respect of the child’s best interest in all activities that concern them and an absolute prohibition of discrimination on any and all basis. This document identifies the […]

Belgrade Centre for Human Rights published its annual report on the state of human rights in Serbia in 2016. Among other topics, report contains an overview of migrant crisis and the rights of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Serbia over the past year.

Testimony of people arriving in Dimitrovgrad, Serbia from Bulgaria Whilst authorities along what is now commonly known as the Western Balkans route have attempted to facilitate the movement of refugees and migrants, for those traveling through Bulgaria the situation appears to be much tougher, with frequent allegations of abuse and ill-treatment by the authorities and […]

Tokom 2015. godine u Srbiji je evidentirano više od pola miliona osoba u potrebi za međunarodnom zaštinom što je, pored evropskih integracija, imalo značajan uticaj na srpsku migracionu politiku. Odgovor naše države sveo se na obezbeđivanje ad hoc rešenja u vidu pružanja privremenog smeštaja i osnovne humanitarne pomoći, a veliki napor i resursi uloženi su […]

The BCHR has applied the same methodology in the preparation of all its Annual Reports since 1998, adjusting it where necessary. The methodology is based on the analysis of all available sources shedding light on the state of human rights in Serbia. In its Annual Reports, the BCHR has first and foremost been analysing in […]