ACCOUNTABILITY

{image1} Democratic institutions and the rule of law have been endangered throughout Europe, and the polarization of societies has made it difficult to oversee the security sector. This was emphasized during the third panel of the conference organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) on the 20th anniversary celebration, on 28 November 2017 in Dorcol Platz. The third panel conference was dedicated to exacerbating democratic control of ...

{image1} Threats to the Western Balkans communities are coming from within and the external actors are used only to intimidate voters, so the role of the civil society organizations is to combat these narratives with knowledge. Those are the conclusions of the second panel of the conference organized by the Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCSP) on the celebration of 20TH anniversary, on the November 28th in Dorcol Platz. ...

Controlling the financing of non-profit organizations is one of the obligations of the Republic of Serbia in the fight against terrorism, but it should not jeopardize the democratic right of free association, is the conclusion of a meeting organized by the Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCSP), YUCOM and ISAC Fund, National convention on the European Union (NCEU), held on November 21 at the Palace of Serbia. This meeting ...

The MP of the Serbian Progressive Party, Vladimir Djukanovic, for the past year in the media have been presenting falsehoods that violate the honour and reputation of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, thereby violating the Law on Public Information and Media (Article 83). The latest untruth that Djukanovic presented was that the BCSP works "". We would like to remind that according to the Criminal Code, work by ...

{image1} More than half of citizens believe that the country's national security is threatened, and two thirds of citizens see corruption and crime, as well as the behaviour of politicians, as the biggest internal threats, were the conclusions of the presentation of the research "Public Perception of Serbia's National Security and Dialogue with Pristina" which was held on 14th of February in the Belgrade Media center. A survey conducted a ...

In 2016, Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) contributed to the regional mechanism for democracy and the rule of law in Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, through the implementation of reforms contained in Chapter 23 - Judiciary and Fundamental Rights, and Chapter 24 - Justice, Freedom and Security. In association with the European fond for Balkans (EFB) and civil society organisations from Macedonia (European Policy Institute) and Montenegro (Institute Alternative) ...

{image1} Numerous incidents, starting from the Savamala case in Serbia, followed by the beating of protesters in Montenegro, together with the mass wiretapping scandal in Macedonia, signified the regression of the rule of law in the Balkans, is one of the conclusions of the second panel of the conference “Security challenges as a link between the citizens and institutions”, which was organized by Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCSP) ...

Belgrade center for security policy (BCSP) appeals on Ministry of interior (MoI) to continue dialogue with civil society organizations in order to propose systematic response to corruption risks in police and increase citizen’s trust in its work. Since MoI needs to serve to the citizens, we consider inappropriate publishing press release fitting more into political than institutional discourse. We regret for MoI did not respond on BCSP’s numerous invitations ...

Accountability, control and oversight of the private security sector were the main topics of the expert discussion held on 8-9 December in Belgrade. During the two-day discussions in a several separate working groups and sessions participants identified key elements of accountability of Private Security Companies (PSCs), which, according to the main assumption, should not be limited only to their responsibilities towards their various clients, but should extend towards the ...