Multiple murders in Belgrade and Mladenovac at the beginning of May deeply affected Serbian society. These tragic events and the response of the competent institutions to them revealed a number of systemic problems, among which a large quantity of weapons among the citizens of Serbia without adequate control, the delay in changes to the regulations and the educational campaign on the misuse of firearms, the lack of regulations for minors in shooting ranges, violation of the rules of investigation and personal data protection. Read more about them in the brief alert BCBP researchers wrote for the prEUgovor coalition.

Within the prEUgovor coalition, BCBP continues to monitor reforms in key areas of European integration – parliamentary oversight of the security sector, the space for civil society, the fight against corruption in the police, personal data protection, police reform, the fight against organized crime, the fight against extremism and terrorism.

What is controversial about the new Draft Law on Internal Affairs, how it was written and which provisions entail dangers for citizens’ rights and the further politicisation of police work – these are questions to which the new prEUgovor brief alert offers answers and solutions for improvement.

How to improve the withdrawn Draft Law on Internal Affairs in order to effectively tackle the chronic problem of politicization of the Serbian police? We provided answers in the new publication of the prEUgovor coalition, which gathers BCSP and other six civil society organisations.

The end of 2021 was marked by environmental protests. Citizens gathered peacefully for three Saturdays in a row, blocking key roads in more than 50 cities of Serbia. The response of the police during, but also in the days before and after the protest, is a cause for concern. In a new prEUgovor Brief Alert, the BCBP together with its partners points out the problematic actions of the police about the standards for securing public gatherings.