Press conference in Belgrade, June 26, 2019 IAN (International Aid Network) organized a press conference on June 26, the International Day for the Support of Victims of Torture. Topic: „Torture as trauma of one person and of the whole society“ Speakers: Jelena Lončarević, Program Manager on the project – Comprehensive rehabilitation and support to torture victims – how the project contributes to the prevention of torture; Leonetta … Read More
The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June 2019 Last night, in the Center for Cultural Decontamination, organized by IAN, an International day in Support of Victims of Torture was marked, in front of a large audience. At the meeting, among others, IAN’s long-standing clients spoke. Handcrafts from creative workshops “Art as support to torture victims” were exhibited. At the music part of the program, concert of classical music … Read More
Second capacity building training for volunteers and first responders/field workers on “Readmission and Reintegration & Working with beneficiaries with mental health problems” in Tirana Second training for volunteers and first responders/field workers, activity on the joint project of IAN and AHC, was held on June 5th and 6th in Tirana. Presentations of BMZ programmatic component “Returning to new opportunities” and projects of several partners involved in service provision to returnees through readmission agreement in Albania took place during the first day of training. Additionally, … Read More
First capacity building training for volunteers and first responders/field workers on “Readmission and Reintegration & Working with beneficiaries with mental health problems” in Belgrade First training for volunteers and first responders/field workers of relevant organizations (Caritas, HELP, CIM, SKRUG, Praxis) was held on April 22nd and 23rd in Belgrade. During the first day of training, GIZ representative presented BMZ CSO component “Returning to new opportunities “, and other partners involved in service provision to returnees through readmission agreement presented their projects and available services. … Read More
Program of support for returnees through readmission agreement started in Serbia and Albania On February 1st 2019, IAN and its partner Albanian Helsinki Committee – AHC, with GIZ support, launched the new joint project “Support to sustainable return and reintegration in Serbia and Albania”. First coordination meeting with partners, IAN and AHC, was held on 11th and 12th March in Tirana, Albania in order to synchronize the project activities start-up, as well as … Read More
Press conference on the occasion of publishing the Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on torture On 5th March 2019, on the occasion of publishing Nils Melzer’s , in the Media Center was held a press conference, organized by the Platform of Organizations for Cooperation with UN Mechanisms for Human Rights. At the conference were outlined the findings that Mr. Melzer stated in his report, the unsatisfactory level of compliance with international standards, the inadequate provision … Read More
First center for rehabilitation of torture victims in Macedonia opened Press Conference on the occasion of the opening of the Center for Rehabilitation of Torture Victims in Prilep was held in Prilep on 26 February, 2019. Activities of the Center will be implemented within the project “Holistic Action against Torture” implemented by IAN International Aid Network in partnership with Center for Civic Initiative (CCI) Prilep and Center for Human Rights … Read More
SUPPORT TO SUSTAINABLE RETURN AND REINTEGRATION IN SERBIA AND ALBANIA Since the signing of the Readmission agreement between the Republic of Serbia and the European Community on September 18th, 2007 in Brussels, a large number of people was voluntarily or forcibly deported to their country of origin, Serbia and Albania. Over 20000 Serbian citizens were deported from EU, out of which 75% is Roma population. The overall objective of the … Read More
