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....

Poverty-stricken and marginalised communities in Serbia are being pushed further into poverty as an automated welfare delivery system, funded by the World Bank, strips them of social assistance, said Amnesty International in a report published today. The report, Trapped by Automation: Poverty and...

Introducing technology in social protection systems is often portrayed as a way to improve people’s access to services and increase efficiency. Yet, as the example of the Social Card registry in Serbia shows, introducing automation into an already inadequate social security landscape without first...

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...

Serbia’s Social Card law is an intrusive surveillance system that could harm the most marginalized members of society, including Roma communities, Amnesty International said today, as it submits a legal opinion as part of a review of the constitutionality of the law.  The law, which entered into...

Ahead of tomorrow’s planned Euro Pride walk in Belgrade which has been banned by Serbian authorities, Eve Geddie, Amnesty International’s Director at the European Institutions Office said: “The decision by Serbian authorities to ban Euro Pride for purported security reasons is shameful. Instead of...

Amnesty International’s arms experts have identified Serbian-manufactured weapons in videos posted by armed groups operating in the Sahel, including an Islamic State affiliate which has claimed responsibility for hundreds of civilian deaths. The new rifles, some the latest available models, match...

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...

Amnesty International today published new evidence of the misuse of tear gas by security forces in several countries in the second half of 2020, including during protests around the election in Uganda, the Black Lives Matter movement in the USA, and in the repression of protesters in Lebanon.  The...

Amnesty International today published new evidence of the misuse of tear gas by security forces in several countries in the second half of 2020, including during protests around the election in Uganda, the Black Lives Matter movement in the USA, and in the repression of protesters in Lebanon.  The...