BCSP Researcher Katarina Djokic wrote for Pescanik.net about issues related to the current practices regarding procurement for the purposes of Serbian Armed Forces.

<spanArial","sans-serif";color:#212121;background:white">Domestic legislation sets very strict criteria and a complicated procedure for deciding on arms exports. However, these criteria are not respected in practice. It is therefore no wonder that Serbian weapons occasionally end up in the wrong hands. There are two reasons: export growth is necessary to maintain an increasing number of jobs in the defence industry and the government doesn’t analyze the long-term effects of arms exports to ...

Illegal weapons accumulated in the hands of Western Balkans citizens is a serious security threat. A roadmap was adopted to combat the illegal possession, misuse and trafficking of small arms and light weapons.

BCSP researcher Katarina Djokic analyzes the possible benefits for Serbia from international cooperation in the field of defense economy on the case of demilitarization of surplus weapons and improvement of the capacities of the Technical Repair Institute Kragujevac.

{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 ...