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PRISONS IN SERBIA

February - March, 2010

Monitoring of the prison system reform

Improvement of the penal system preconditions the establishment of a safer and saner society and is a major aspect of Serbia's undergoing judiciary reform. In the context of human security, this segment of the judiciary reform is the more so significant since it directly relates to global processes and international law. At the same time, treatment of persons deprived of their liberty is regulated under a number of laws and...
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State Department, USA

2009 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT: SERBIA

March 11, 2010

The Republic of Serbia is a parliamentary democracy with approximately 7.5 million inhabitants. Boris Tadic was reelected president in February 2008. In May 2008 voters elected a new parliament in which some minority ethnic parties won seats. Observers considered both elections to be mostly in line with international standards. Civilian authorities generally maintained effective...
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WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED IN 2008

In setting our priorities for 2008 we were aware that any serious concern with human rights in Serbia presupposed continued observation and analysis of the developments, tendencies and factors influencing the country's reformist potential and democratic transition, "standardization" of public life, response to transitional justice, major decision-makers' readiness to take it towards Euro-Atlantic integration and the...
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2008 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT: SERBIA

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

February 25, 2009

The Republic of Serbia is a parliamentary democracy with approximately 7.5 million inhabitants. Boris Tadic was reelected president on February 3. On May 11, voters elected a new parliament, with some minority ethnic parties winning seats. Observers deemed both elections to be mostly in line with international standards. On July 8, President Tadic...
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REPORT BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, THOMAS HAMMARBERG, ON HIS VISIT TO SERBIA
(13-17 October 2008)

Strasbourg, 11 March 2009

The Commissioner for Human Rights visited Serbia from 13 to 17 October 2008 for an assessment of the overall human rights situation. Despite steps in the right direction, a number of obstacles remain to the effective implementation of human rights standards. Serbia has upgraded its legislative and...   More >>>

PRISONS IN SERBIA

April 2005 - April 2006

This publication is the output of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia's activity over the third year of the implementation of the project "Prevention of Torture: Support to the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture" realized with the assistance of the European Commission - European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights. Apart from the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in...
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ANTI-SEMITISM

Ouster of Slobodan Milosevic in October 2000 did not lead to a complete break with the legacy of his regime. Aside from a continuing formal-legal framework and mechanism of power, the persisting legacy is mirrored in non-relinquishment of the (defeated) Greater Serbia Project, nationalism, denial of recent crimes and atrocities, and reluctance to face up to recent wartime responsibility. Absence of repression, as the last...
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ANTISEMITIZM AS A CONTEST OF THE OTHER

In her book Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt notes an apparent rule that '...anti-Semitic sentiments take on political importance only when they can be combined with major political problems...' In Serbia, where the last two decades have undoubtedly been years of major political problems, anti-Semitic sentiments have assumed not only political but also social and cultural importance although there are hardly...
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