Majority of Serbian citizens feel secure, but only 5% of them give credit for that to good work of government bodies. Half of respondents are satisfied with work of the Serbian Army, but 42 % of them are dissatisfied with work of the Judiciary.

The latest issue of Collection of Policy Papers propose answers on building safe community in Serbia, the position of the police in the new Criminal Procedure Code, and the role of ethics in policing.

The book combines the papers prepared by the researchers and associates within a project on the "Protection of Human Rights in the Army and the Police of the FR of Yugoslavia". The whole project, including the publishing effort, was implemented with the support of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy, London and Freedom House, Budapest.

BCSP Researcher Saša Đorđević attracted significant media attention on the subject of community policing after he assessed, during the presentation of recommendations for continuing the police reform, that repression has been popularised instead of prevention, which is reflected in the promotion of the minister and police through major arrests.

The BCSP team implemented the training of 60 police officers from all 27 police departments in Serbia on action planning in their local communities on 21-25th of May.

Public debate “Security sector reform as a precondition to EU membership - role and possible contribution of civil society“ was held at the Centre for Civil-Military Relations on Tuesday, July 15. Tanja Miščević, Director of the Government of Serbia’s European Integration Office (SEIO), Zoran Jeftić, State Secretary of Defence, representatives of international organisations and civil society organisations which are interested in the matters of security policy was all present ...

Worldwide, the security sector is dominated by men, and Serbia is no exception to this.

05. february 2009.