The working conditions deteriorated significantly in 2020 – not only those of civil society organisations (CSOs), but of all social actors who, in performing their activities, express critical views of the current political or social situation in Serbia. More about this topic, find out in the case study written by Bojana Selaković from Civic Initiatives.

How did the Regulatory Institute for Renewable Energy and the Environment (RERI) manage to prevent the preparatory works for constructing the cable car terminal on Kalemegdan? Find out in the latest case study written by Jovan Rajić and Mirko Popović.

How the issue of building mini hydro power plants (MHPPs) on the Rakita River has become one of the largest environmental initiatives in recent years in Serbia? Read in the case study written by activists of the initiative " Let’s Defend the Rivers of Stara Planina [Old Mountain]".

Which international mechanisms for protection are available to human rights defenders? President of the Committee of Lawyers for Human Rights YUCOM and a member of the Civil Committee for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Whistleblowers Katarina Golubović offers the answer to this question in the working study.

What challenges do whistleblowers in Serbia face? Can they count on protection and support? Do their cases have epilogues? Find out in the article of the journalist and member of the Civil Committee for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Whistleblowers Vuk Cvijic.

How the protection of whistleblowers in the security sector is legally regulated, what obstacles they encounter, and how their position can be improved, read in the article by Sofia Mandic, a lawyer and member of the Civil Committee for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Whistleblowers.

How is the right to free access to information of public importance legally regulated, what are the problems in the implementation and what awaits us in the future when it comes to this area, read in the article of the lawyer and member of the Civil Committee for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Whistleblowers Rodoljub Sabic.

Due to the inaction of institutions and all other problems faced by all those who work by the law and call for accountability of the institutions and officials, the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy has established the Civil committee for the protection of human rights defenders and whistleblowers.

On the occasion of the open call for physical violence by the Member of the National Assembly, Aleksandar Martinović, civil society organizations gathered in National Convention on the European Union working groups for Chapters 23 and 24 and cross-sectoral groups for political criteria and freedom of expression and the media demand a reaction from the President of the National Assembly from the position of Chairman of the Committee on Administrative, Budgetary, Mandate and Immunity Issues.