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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.

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review of Serbia in January 2018. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Serbia in its previous UPR and makes a number of recommendations to the government of Serbia. Amnesty International raises...

Ten years ago, on the 10th February 2007, Mon Balaj and Arben Xheladini were killed during a demonstration organized by Vetëvendosje (Movement for Self-Determination, today an opposition parliamentary party) in Priština/Prishtinë in Kosovo. They died after members of a Romanian Formed Police Unit,...

Amnesty International is concerned that the Serbian government’s draft Bill on Housing and Maintenance of Buildings would violate the rights of individuals and families in vulnerable communities at risk from forced eviction if adopted by parliament.

Ahead of the very first Trans* Pride in Belgrade, as well as the third Belgrade Pride March to be held on 20 September, Amnesty International is calling on the Serbian authorities to commit to improve the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people, and fight the...

Amnesty International urges Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić to rethink his announced plan to introduce legislation to strip failed asylum seekers of their right to social assistance. The organization considers that these measures will only drive those who are returned to Serbia even more...

After months of prevarication and a growing opposition to the establishment of a Special Court for Kosovo, the Kosovo Assembly yesterday evening approved the constitutional changes necessary for the establishment of the court. The assembly also passed draft legislation which will enable the court...

Amnesty International is concerned that Roma families living in informal settlements in Belgrade are yet again at risk of forced eviction. Recent actions by municipal authorities in Belgrade call into question both the government and city authorities’ commitment to uphold their obligations to...

Increasing numbers of refugees and migrants are travelling through the western Balkans to the European Union in search of safety and protection. But the Balkans route is far from safe, and refugees who attempt to seek asylum in Serbia or Macedonia face severe obstacles. Those making this perilous...

On 26 April 2012, around 250 Roma households (over 1,000 people) were forcibly evicted from an informal settlement at Belvil in Belgrade. More than 120 families were bussed to metal container settlements mainly on the outskirts of Belgrade. They were promised homes as a remedy for the violation...

Serbia’s failure to address continued impunity for crimes under international law will come under review on 28-29 April by the United Nations (UN) Committee against Torture, in its 54th Session, which commenced on Monday 20 April. Amnesty International highlights how Serbia has failed to meet the...