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 …

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (November 25, 2018) the performance “I wish I’m not a woman” was held at the Center for Culture and Education “Rakovica”. The play deals with the life of migrant Zahra, who tries to find salvation in Europe. It is based on the story of Mahbube Taheri, a migrant woman …

Third, the last training for refugees / migrants / asylum seekers was held within the project “Mental health for people of concern” funded by the UNHCR. Training “Mechanisms for the protection of mental health in the community for refugees / migrants / asylum seekers” was held in the premises of the asylum center in Bosilegrad, on 8 and 9 November …

After the first workshop was held in the premises of IAN, women workshop continued.

Second training for refugees / migrants / asylum seekers was held within the project “Mental health for people of concern” funded by the UNHCR. Training “Mechanisms for the protection of mental health in the community for refugees / migrants / asylum seekers” was held in the premises of the asylum center in Krnjaca, on 24 and 25 October 2018. The …

Training on the Istanbul Protocol for staff working in the Center for Civic Initiatives, as well as for colleagues from the National Preventive Mechanism in the Former Federal Republic of Macedonia, was held in Prilep, 19 and 20 October 2018. The training was realized within the project “Comprehensive Action Against Torture” implemented by IAN in partnership with the Center for …

In the premises of IAN in Belgrade, on Thursday, October 18, 2018.  was held the first in a series of workshops for women refugees from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The workshop was realized within the framework of the project “Comprehensive Action against Torture” implemented by IAN, funded by the European Commission.

Within the project “Mental health for people of concern” funded by UNHCR, the first training for refugees / migrants / asylum seekers was held. Training “Mechanisms for the protection of mental health in the community for refugees / migrants / asylum seekers” was held in the premises of the reception and transit center in Obrenovac, on October 10th & 11th, …

On Thursday, 4th October 2018, in the House of Human Rights, Bg Center and IAN presented the report “Documentation of Abuse and Collective Exile of Refugees and Migrants”. Documentation was done in 2017, when the Belgrade Center for Human Rights and the International Aid Network (IAN), with the support of the UNHCR Office in Belgrade, formed a special team of …

Elusive summer ’95. ”When he saw my ID, police officer said: “You are as big as a house, and you are hiding while the others die, shame on you”. Some of the people that stood there said: “Take him, we shouldn’t be dying for his home”. Others were silent, some were looking into the ground, visibly ashamed, but they didn’t …

Ali’s story On the road to nowhere   Ali sits on the bench in the park near the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade, for years now known as “Afghan park”, among refugees that are passing across the Balkan countries. His clothes are worn, shoes in miserable condition. He says he is 25 years old. To the comment that he looks …