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 ...

How the EU revolutionized personal data protection in law enforcement, how to optimally transpose European standards into national legislation and what is the role of civil society in this process, find out in the second part of the interview BCSP researcher Jelena Pejić conducted with Juraj Sajfert, lawyer and European personal data protection expert.

How security authorities need to protect the personal data they handle, why they need special rules, and why European regulations in this area are important for Serbia, BCSP researcher Jelena Pejic asked Juraj Sajfert, a lawyer and European expert in the area of personal data protection.

{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} A network of civil society organizations - Women, Peace and Security and Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic sent an appeal to the Government of Serbia to adopt National Action Plan for implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 as soon as possible, during discussion held on 2nd March 2017 in Belgrade.  Key reason for urgent adoption of this document is the fact that the significant number ...

One of the main goals of this publication is to show necessity to secure personal privacy, in spite of fact that balance between civil rights and security is continuously redefining.

Strengthening the integrity in the security sector was the subject of expert consultations which gathered 28 representatives of the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, Security-Information Agency, the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, the Ombudsman, the Commissioner for Information of Public importance and Personal Data Protection, Agency for fighting against corruption, the Public Procurement Office and the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, from 9 to 11 July at Fruska Gora.

This is the first study of public opinion in realization of civil society organization where the focus is on the perception of corruption in the police, citizens' personal experiences with corruption in the police and evaluation of the reforms of the police in this area.

The NATO advanced research workshop reinforced the links between universities and think-tank community, and created a platform for future cooperation of most prominent experts in the field of counter-terrorism policy. The event has given all those involved food for thought on how to best address the issue of terrorist leaders, and produced a series of interesting exchanges and remarks.