{"id":35346,"date":"2025-10-30T17:47:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/?post_type=najava&#038;p=35346"},"modified":"2026-02-05T17:33:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:33:50","slug":"bcsp-panel-discussion-on-civil-society-digital-oversight","status":"publish","type":"najava","link":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/event\/bcsp-panel-discussion-on-civil-society-digital-oversight\/","title":{"rendered":"BCSP Panel Discussion on Civil Society &#038; Digital Oversight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"933\">The panel discussion will bring together experts, journalists and activists who will shed light on the growing problem of spyware abuse in Serbia. The participants will discuss how surveillance software is used to monitor journalists, activists and human rights defenders, the consequences such practices have for freedom of expression and privacy, and the institutional mechanisms needed to prevent digital repression.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"933\">The event will also mark the launch of the <strong>Civil Society Digital Security Network (CSDSN)<\/strong>, an international network led by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, designed to enhance the capacities of civil society in the Balkans and several EU member states to protect against spyware and other malicious software attacks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"933\">Speakers include:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"961\" data-end=\"1763\">\n<li data-start=\"961\" data-end=\"1095\">\n<p data-start=\"963\" data-end=\"1095\"><strong data-start=\"963\" data-end=\"980\">Nikola Risti\u0107<\/strong>, activist and spyware victim<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1096\" data-end=\"1273\">\n<p data-start=\"1098\" data-end=\"1273\"><strong data-start=\"1098\" data-end=\"1115\">M\u00e1rta Pardavi<\/strong>, Co-Chair of the <strong data-start=\"1133\" data-end=\"1165\">Hungarian Helsinki Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1274\" data-end=\"1471\">\n<p data-start=\"1276\" data-end=\"1471\"><strong data-start=\"1276\" data-end=\"1292\">Ruairi Nolan<\/strong>, Deputy Programme Director and Head of the <strong data-start=\"1336\" data-end=\"1393\">Disrupting Surveillance Team at Amnesty International<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1472\" data-end=\"1589\">\n<p data-start=\"1474\" data-end=\"1589\"><strong data-start=\"1474\" data-end=\"1490\">Aleksa Te\u0161i\u0107<\/strong>, journalist with <strong data-start=\"1508\" data-end=\"1516\">BIRN<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1590\" data-end=\"1763\">\n<p data-start=\"1592\" data-end=\"1763\"><strong data-start=\"1592\" data-end=\"1612\">Predrag Petrovi\u0107<\/strong>, Research Director at <strong data-start=\"1635\" data-end=\"1643\">BCSP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2092\" data-end=\"2335\">By opening space for dialogue on transparency, oversight, and accountability, this event seeks to raise public awareness about the risks posed by digital surveillance technologies and the importance of safeguarding freedoms under pressure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 31 October at the Envoy Hotel, the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) will host a panel discussion titled \u201cFreedoms Under Pressure: Civil Society and Digital Oversight in Serbia and Abroad\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":35347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[7415,8606,11427,8610,11155,11429],"tags":[8462,11430,11431,11432,10961,11132],"coauthors":[164],"class_list":["post-35346","najava","type-najava","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bscp","category-challenges-risks-and-threats","category-civil-society","category-cyber-security","category-digital-surveillance","category-human-rights-defenders","tag-activists","tag-civil-society-digital-security-network-csdsn","tag-digital-surveillance","tag-freedoms-under-pressure","tag-human-rights-defenders","tag-panel-discussion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/najava\/35346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/najava"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/najava"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/najava\/35346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35349,"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/najava\/35346\/revisions\/35349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35346"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=35346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}