Serbia failed to indict any former senior police or military commanders for war crimes and resolution of the fate of missing persons stalled. Protesters and journalists were seriously injured in the capital, Belgrade, when police used excessive force. Few refugees gained access to asylum....

Amnesty International is presenting this submission to the European Commission ahead of the preparation of its 2023 Enlargement Package, including the Opinion on application for Serbia’s membership in the European Union.

This submission was prepared in the context of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)’s sixth cycle country monitoring work. In the submission, Amnesty International raises concerns that the new Law on Social Cards and an accompanying social card information system in Serbia...

This document presents Amnesty International’s preliminary comments on the Draft Law on Internal Affairs of Republic of Serbia, which is currently open for public consultation. It sets out the organisations broad concerns relating to specific provisions, including those introducing biometric...

Kelkos Energy, a large Austrian-based hydropower management company with operations in Kosovo, has used defamation lawsuits and threats of such lawsuits to target activists who publicly speak about the environmental impact of hydropower plants operating in the country’s natural protected areas and...

On 11 March, the World Health Organisation declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic and called on states to take urgent measures to tackle it. This report covers 12 countries and exposes how the enforcement of the ‘lockdown measures’ adopted by many European states have...

Thousands of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants are currently facing harsh winter conditions in the Greek islands and mainland Greece, and along the Western Balkans route. On International Migrants Day, Amnesty International is calling on the newly installed European Commission to urgently...

Amnesty International is pleased to note that the European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber judgment in Ilias and Ahmed v Hungary confirmed the Court’s finding that Hungary breached its obligations under Article 3 when it returned two asylum seekers to Serbia. Amnesty International however...

It is not enough to simply prohibit and criminalize torture and other acts of ill-treatment under national law; states must undertake a range of measures to actively protect people and prevent these forms of abuse. One important element of this comprehensive approach should be the development of...

Human Rights Council adopts Universal Periodic Review outcome on Serbia.

Almost two decades after the end of the war in Kosovo, survivors of war-time rape will, from January 2018, receive long overdue recognition of and a measure of reparation for the harm they suffered during the armed conflict. The legislative changes making this possible fall far short of...

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This submission contains Amnesty Internationals’ suggested recommendations to States considered during the 29th session of the Universal Periodic Review, 15-26 January 2018. Areas covered include human rights defenders, death penalty and ratification of human rights treaties.