We proudly announce that during the first day of the Belgrade Security Conference BSC 2023, the inaugural "Lighthouse" award ceremony took place at the Hotel Hyatt. 

The Belgrade Security Conference BSC 2023 is officially open!

September School under the title "Russia's Soft Power in Serbia and the Balkans: Busting Myths and Confronting Facts", organised by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy in partnership with the Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB), was held at the hotel Fruške Terme from 20-24 September.

The network of associations of citizens, journalists, and media standing up against violence strongly condemns the decision of the authorities in Serbia to prevent Jovana Marović, an activist and former deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro and Minister of European Affairs, from entering Serbia at the Nikola Tesla airport on August 23, 2023.

The Network of Citizens, Journalists, and Media Organizations, fervently urge you to direct your attention to a deeply disconcerting incident in Serbia. Ms. Sofija Todorovic, Programme Director of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR), was deliberately targeted in an alarming attempt to intimidate and undermine the fundamental rights of civil society activists. This act not only dehumanizes our defenders of liberty but ominously heralds potential harassment and threats they may face in the future.

This analysis is based on the public opinion survey conducted in Serbia in 2022. The research objectives were to investigate citizens’ perceptions of public safety and trust in security and justice institutions in Serbia. Public safety perceptions were divided into questions on national safety and personal safety.

People’s ever-stronger reliance on digital technologies and devices has caused states and private actors to increasingly reach for various systems and tools for the digital surveillance of citizens. Consequently, high-resolution cameras, artificial intelligence, programmes for biometric recognition, tools for automatic data collection from the Internet, and intrusive software for monitoring mobile phones have become the everyday reality of people worldwide.

This is an act of extreme violence against the institution of the National Assembly, since the decision was reversed without the MPs being granted the opportunity to make a decision, all in order to suspend the work of the Inquiry Committee in connection with the crimes of May 3 and 4, that is, so that the government would avoid the risk of political responsibility, related to the explosion of violence in society, becoming more visible through the work of that parliamentary body.

What can the states and governments do to protect civilians in conflict and prevent further civilian losses in war in Ukraine? Read about it in the new analysis written by a member of the BCSP International Advisory Committee, Marta Martinelli.