Special measures for covert data collection infringe upon fundamental rights and therefore it is vital that they are implemented only under the circumstances defined by law. To this end, it is necessary to establish a comprehensive external oversight of implementation of special measures is. BCSP’s research team has now compiled a handbook to support that process.

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.

The coalition prEUgovor has been monitoring Serbia’s progress in regard to the adherence to political criteria for EU membership and policies covered under Chapters 23 (Judiciary and Fundamental Rights) and 24 (Justice, Freedom and Security) of the European acquis in the negotiation process.

This publication focuses on challenges in cooperation between governments and civil society organizations in the Western Balkan countries in six selected areas covered by chapters 23 and 24 of the accession negotiations with the European Union: effective monitoring of the implementation of action plans and strategies; human rights issues; migration and asylum policies; the judiciary and justice system; anti-corruption policies and activities; and civic education.

Republic of Serbia has ratified most of the international documents important to improving women’s human rights and also adopted a great number of strategies dealing with that area, but strategic documents and action plans for their implementation are not harmonized enough, it was concluded in the Security Council Resolution 1325: Civil Society Monitoring Report 2013.

Psychological support for police officers, fight against organised crime, and human rights and police are topics analyzed by authors in ninth edition of the Collection. This publication is published by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP), Belgrade Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and Centre for Development Policy and Co-operation (CDPC), with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia.

The authors of eight Collection propose recommendations for improvement of the fight against corruption in the police, the realization of the concept of community policing and upgrading the role of the police in the exercise of and respect for the rights of vulnerable groups. This series is published with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia.

The coalition prEUgovor has been monitoring Serbia’s progress in regard to the adherence to political criteria for EU membership and policies covered under Chapters 23 (Judiciary and Fundamental Rights) and 24 (Justice, Freedom and Security) of the European acquis in the negotiation process.

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.