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Coalition “Openly about open calls”: The Ministry of Environmental Protection allocated 70 million dinars in an illegal process; we demand a reaction from the prosecutor’s office!

Belgrade, August 02, 2021 The Ministry of Environmental Protection allocated 70 million dinars in an illegal process; we demand a reaction from the prosecutor’s office! Due to numerous irregularities in the evaluation of project proposals and the distribution of funds, as well as public allegations of corrupt...

03 August, 2021

Three Freedoms Under the Magnifying Glass: July 16 – 27, 2021

Belgrade, July 27, 2021-   Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia July 16 - 27, 2021 The past period has been marked by very dangerous cases of pressure on journalists, starting with the organized campaigns conducted against journalists of the investigative portal KRIK in pro-government tabloids, followed by death...

27 July, 2021

Still without conditions for CSO participation in the development of the Strategy for an Enabling Environment for Civil Society

Belgrade, 9 July 2021- Regarding the frequent official and informal calls on civil society organizations to get involved in the consultation process with the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue for drafting The National Strategy for an Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development...

09 July, 2021

BCSDN Monitoring Matrix Regional Report 2020: Narrowing the Civic Space in the Western Balkans in Times of Pandemic

Belgrade, 7 July 2021- The Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN) is pleased to announce the launch of the 2020 edition of the Monitoring Matrix Regional Report on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development, examining the civil society developments in the Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia...

07 July, 2021

Three Freedoms Under the Magnifying Glass: June 18 – July 1, 2021

Belgrade, July 1, 2021-   Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia June 18 - July 1, 2021 The past period was marked by the continuation of the trend of further collapse of fundamental rights and freedoms in Serbia, as well as the lack of interest of state bodies to...

01 July, 2021

MONEYVAL warns that Serbia must not abuse the fight against terrorism financing to suppress the activities of civil society

Belgrade, June 25, 2021 Council of Europe Committee MONEYVAL warns that Serbia must not abuse the fight against terrorism financing to suppress the activities of civil society   The Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism of the Council of...

25 June, 2021

Three Freedoms Under the Magnifying Glass: June 4 – 17, 2021

Belgrade, June 17, 2021-   Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia June 4 - June 17, 2021 In the past period, the trend of the further collapse of the functioning of the rule of law continued, primarily in the area of ​​respect for the fundamental rights and freedoms of...

17 June, 2021

Civil society demands the urgent withdrawal of the new Draft Law on Civil Procedure

More than 80 civil society organizations appealed to the Ministry of Justice to urgently withdraw the proposed Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Civil Procedure due to numerous omissions, both in the manner of its drafting and in the text of legal solutions,...

14 June, 2021

Amendments to the Civil Procedure Law: Ill-effects on the media resembling the model from the 90s

Belgrade, June 7, 2021 – The Draft Civil Procedure Law, currently under public debate, stipulates a number of unacceptable provisions that limit citizens’ access to justice by imposing payment of (high) court fees. If adopted in its current form, its ill-effects on local media could...

07 June, 2021

Three Freedoms Under the Magnifying Glass: May 21 – June 3, 2021

Belgrade, June 3, 2021-   Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia May 21 - June 3, 2021 The past period was marked by the continuation of the practice of filing SLAPP lawsuits against media and journalists, as well as the open targeting of critics of the government through social...

03 June, 2021