ACTIVITIES

The answers to the citizens' questions about the duration and course of trials, as well as the work of the court in Knjazevac were the focus of the thematic open door held on 7 October 2019 in the Basic Court in Knjazevac. BCSP Researcher and moderator of the event Sasa Djordjevic  shared with the participants the results of a 2014 survey in which judges, prosecutors and attorneys answered the ...

{image1} Sonja Stojanovic Gajis, member of the BCSP Executive Board, is one of the three recipients of the OSCE Person of the Year Award. Stojanovic Gajic received the award because of the commitment to promoting civilian oversight of the security sector in Serbia and including youth in reform efforts. This award recognizes citizens of Serbia who contribute to the promotion of the OSCE values in the country. This year, ...

Data Protection Impact Assessment for Video Surveillance developed by Serbia’s Ministry of Interior (MoI) does not meet the formal or material requirements laid down by the Law on Personal Data Protection, which is why the MoI should suspend the introduction of smart video surveillance systems. Civil society organizations SHARE Foundation, Partners for Democratic Change Serbia and the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) have analyzed in detail the Data ...

Public warning to the State Prosecutorial Council, the Republic Public Prosecutor and the High Judicial Council

Public warning to the State Prosecutorial Council, the Republic Public Prosecutor and the High Judicial Council

The challenges to the establishment of the rule of law in local communities and the ways local activists use to overcome them was the focus of the event Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) organized on 30 May 2019 in Kraljevo. The local perspective of activists in Kraljevo, the national perspective from Belgrade and the Brussels’ viewpoint regarding progress of Serbia in chapters 23 and 24 of EU accession ...

{image1}  Personal data protection in the context of international cooperation between police and other law enforcement authorities, and Chapter 24 of Serbia's accession negotiations with the European Union was the focus of the seminar organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) on 26 July 2019 in Belgrade. Since the implementation of a new law regulating personal data protection is soon to start in Serbia, BCSP invited a ...

{image1} Development of practical skills and critical thinking among young people through non-formal education and alternative sources is a key partner of formal education in security studies, it was concluded at the event organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) on 1 July 2019 in Belgrade. "Through the initiative #bezbednostABC and sharingcredible information about security sector reform on online platforms, the BCSP has opened up new ways ...

Civil society organizations and the media have the opportunity to file requests for misdemeanour proceedings in cases where their right to free access to information of public importance has been violated as a legal entity, the Misdemeanour Court of Appeal ruled. With this interpretation, the dilemma was solved that caused the misdemeanour courts to reject dozens of requests by civil society organizations across Serbia. At the Second Session of ...