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Forgotten World: Kosovo Enclaves

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In early 2008, the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia launched the project “Serb-Serb Dialogue in Serb Enclaves in Kosovo.” The project aims at encouraging the Serbs in the enclaves south of the Ibar River (that make 70 percent of the total Serbian population in Kosovo) to fully exercise their human, minority, socioeconomic and political rights through Kosovo institutions instead of remaining on the margins of Kosovo society and a window-dressing for the official Belgrade’s territorial claims. The project simultaneously sensitizes general public in Serbia proper, as well as the Serbs in the solidly Serbian north, of realistic needs, anxieties and interests of their (self) isolated compatriots.

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Forgotten World: Kosovo Enclaves - Part II

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In early 2008, the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia launched the project “Serb-Serb Dialogue in Serb Enclaves in Kosovo.” In late March 2008, the Helsinki Committee circulated a report on its first mission to Serb enclaves, out of 6 planned under the project. The major object of the two follow-up missions, the same as of the overall project, was to encourage the Serbs in the enclaves south of the Ibar River to fully exercise their human, minority, socio-economic and political rights through Kosovo institutions instead of remaining on the margins of Kosovo society and a window dressing for the official Belgrade’s territorial claims and unrealistic policies.

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Forgotten World – Kosovo Enclaves - September 2008

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The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia finalized the project “Serb-Serb Dialogue in Serb Enclaves in Kosovo.” The project aimed at encouraging the Serbs in the enclaves south of the Ibar River (that make about 80 percent of the total Serbian population in Kosovo) to fully exercise their human, minority, socio-economic and political rights through Kosovo institutions instead of remaining on the margins of Kosovo society and a window-dressing for the official Belgrade’s territorial claims. The project also tried to sensitize domestic authorities, international organizations, the general public in Serbia proper, as well as the Serbs in the solidly Serbian north of realistic needs, anxieties and interests of the Serb community living in self-isolation in today’s independent Kosovo.

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Belgrade - with a foot on the north and an open hand in Brussels

Author(s): Ylber Hysa,Amir Haziri,Gynen Venhari / Language(s): English

This year’s Saint George, as often during such celebrations brought a loud celebration that started with verbal violence, then resulted with physical fight that lasted for hours in north Mitrovica and ended with use of guns. Such community violence is not strange for north Mitrovica in the last decade, which was distinguished in media with clashes and ethnic division. This year’s Saint George was Serb-Serb hostility; in fact it was settling accounts between two youth gangs from Mitrovica and Zvecan, who agreed on the fight arena on an electronic way through facebook. Such violence lasted for hours, where young Serbs after using of alcohol used punches and guns terrorizing their community. Kosovo Police in north, lacking special units and with limited number of staff who celebrated by previously requesting vacation, being unable to handle the situation, decided to call EULEX police for help. EU mission police, in the beginning with mobile patrol and afterwards with special backup came to the scene after approximately 40 minutes and requested an informative briefing and operative plan, which was missing. While such a debate continued, hooligans who initiated the fight, under influence of alcohol aimed an attack on Police Station that according to witnesses was protected by citizens. In the end, according to some media MUP members arrived at the scene, with guns on their waist, with three cars and got involved also to set peace. After a hard day, citizens of Mitrovica were not clear if everything was over, since late at night an explosion was heard, that seems to have been a vengeance towards the property of one group against the other in this fight.

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SYSTEM OF RECEPTION OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES DURING THE MIGRANT CRISIS

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In 2015, Serbia, like much of Europe, faced an unprecedented migration crisis, redirecting its planned reforms in asylum and migration toward emergency humanitarian response. The country established a coordinated system involving public authorities, civil society, and international organizations to manage controlled migration flows and provide urgent aid, reception, and accommodation to migrants and refugees. The evolving situation highlighted both the need for better coordination among actors and the development of flexible, experience-based policies to improve future migration management.

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A Regional MIPEX Assessment of the Western Balkans

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The Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) is a comprehensive, interactive tool that measures and compares integration policies in 40 countries, assessing how well immigrants are given equal rights, opportunities, and support. It uses 167 detailed indicators based on public laws and international standards, providing policymakers and civil society with insights to evaluate and improve their integration strategies. MIPEX findings reveal that while some countries, especially newer immigration nations like those in the Western Balkans, have made legal progress, they still face major challenges due to discretionary procedures and limited access to full societal participation.

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ALBANCI U SRBIJI - Preševo, Bujanovac i Medveđa

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vPreševo ​​(Preshevë), Bujanovac (Bujanoc) and Medveđa (Medvegë) areunderdeveloped municipalities in the south of Serbia with a mixed Albanian, Serbian and Roma population. The area borders Kosovo in the southwest and the Republic of Macedonia in the south. The demographic composition, the position of the region and its underdevelopment made this an unstable area, where the political, security and other conditions in Serbia, Kosovo and the wider region were broken in a specific way.

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The Beginning of Implementation of the Law on the Promotion and Protection of Rights of Communities and Their Members in the Republic of Kosovo

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In the period from September until December 2008, the Humanitarian Law Center – Kosovo (HLC ­Kosovo) conducted a research on the implementation of the Law on the Promotion and Protection of Rights of Communities and Their Members in the Republic of Kosovo, with special focus on the creation of the Consulative Council for Communities within the Kosovo President’s Cabinet. This law was passed on 13 March 2008 and entered into force on 15 June 2008, while the decree of the President of Kosovo, on establishment of the Consultative Council, was made on 15 September 2008. The consultation process for nominating and electing the Council members lasted from the end of October until early November 2008. HLC­ Kosovo has conducted a research in order to find out whether the consultation process was conducted in a transparent and democratic manner, whether all relevant actors from ethnic communities were involved, what are the opinions of their representatives and representatives of institutions with regard to the establishment of the Consultative Council, i.e. whether they been informed about the law and the mandate of the Consultative Council at all. Finally, HLC­ Kosovo also investigated which media and professional associations of journalists have a mandate to create conditions in order for minorities to be able to receive information on events in Kosovo in their mother tongues as prescribed by the law mentioned herein.

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TRIALS FOR WAR CRIMES AND ETHNICALLY MOTIVATED CRIMES IN SERBIA IN 2010 – Report ; ANALYSIS OF PROCEDURES AND COURT DECISIONS IN THE CASE OF SUVA REKA IRREGULARITIES AND ABUSE OF POWER IN WAR CRIMES PROCEEDINGS IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA – Report

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During the year 2010, the Higher Court in Belgrade War Crimes Department(hereinafter referred to as the War Crimes Department) rendered nine first instance judgments, convicting 13 and acquitting one person accused of criminal responsibility. Belgrade Court of Appeals War Crimes Department rendered seven judgments, finally convicting 21 accused persons1 and finding three persons notguilty2, while first-instance judgments were dismissed in the cases of five accused3and those cases returned for retrial. In the Tuzla Convoy Case, the Belgrade Court of Appeals started the main hearing and after hearing defence witnesses, the court returned the case to the court of first instance and ordered a new trial before a different trial chamber. In the Suva Reka Case, the Court of Appeals confirmed the guilty judgment and the sentence in case of the accused Repanović.

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Irregularities and Abuse of Power in War Crimes Proceedings in the Republic of Serbia - Case of the 37th Battalion of Special Police Units

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On March 3, 2009, the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) filed a criminal complaint against 16 members of the former 37th Battalion of the Serbian Ministry of Interior (MoI) Special Police Units (PJP) for the existence of serious evidence that they had committed war crimes at various locations in Kosovo during the years of 1998 and 1999. Radoslav Mitrović, who was the Commander of the 37th PJP Battalion during the armed conflict in Kosovo and Assistant Commander of the Republic of Serbia Gendermerie after the war, and who was also eventually acquitted by the Belgrade Appellate Court in June 2010 of allegations of committing war crimes in Suva Reka on March 26, 1999, is one of the suspects in the 37th PJP Battalion case. HLC based its criminal complaint in the 37th PJP Battalion case on statements given by four members of the Serbian MoI (from Witness no. 1, Witness no. 2, Witness no. 3, and Witness no. 4), who revealed in statements to HLC information about a number of war crimes committed by members of the 37th PJP Battalion during the armed conflict in Kosovo.

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RAZMENA STANOVNIŠTVA - VOJVOĐANSKI HRVATI ZA SRBE IZ HRVATSKE

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Investigated cases of the emigration of Croats from Vojvodina and the exchange of their property with the property of Serbs from war-affected areas of Croatia show that the political idea of ​​relocating the population has almost been realized. Mass resettlement was carried out during June, July and August 1992. According to estimates from several independent sources, more than 10,000 Croats from Vojvodina exchanged their property for the property of Serbs from Croatia at that time.

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Javni funkcioneri i prevencija korupcije - praktični priručnik

Author(s): Dijana Đukanović,Dušica Rečević,Marko Škerović,Ljiljana Jušković / Language(s): Montenegrine

This is a manual that explains the legally prescribed obligations of public officials in order to combat corruption. It consists of three thematic units - income and property, conflict of interest and lobbying - in which clear and practical explanations and instructions are offered through questions and answers. Since legal provisions are subject to change, the electronic form of this manual will be regularly updated.

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Vodič za obveznike Zakona o slobodnom pristupu informacijama

Author(s): Mira Popović Trstenjak,Itana Gogić / Language(s): Montenegrine

Free access to information is one of the mechanisms that significantly affects good governance, ensuring transparency and accountability of public administration.

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MPs and Interns must perform much better

Author(s): Nikola Mirković / Language(s): English

When it comes to the activity of MPs of the 28th convocation of the Parliament in plenary sessions, the first half of the year was marked by the dominance of more experienced MPs, while the impression is gained that the new forces have been “overwhelmed” by stage fright. As many as five MPs did not speak even once. These are Uglješa Urošević, Seid Hadžić, Gordan Stojović, and Nađa Laković from PES, and Artan Čobi from the Albanian Alternative, with the note that three out of these five MPs began their mandate in mid-November 2023, precisely on 16 November 2023, when the State Election Commission (SEC) confirmed their mandates as they replaced party colleagues who joined the Government. This applies to Stojović, Laković, and Čobi, while Urošević and Hadžić, therefore, since the beginning of the convocation on 27 July 2023, citizens who followed the plenary sessions could not hear their voices.

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Well-Paid Extras’ Roles on the Parliamentary Stage

Author(s): Nikola Mirković / Language(s): English

The constitutive session of the 27th convocation of the Parliament of Montenegro took place on 23 September 2020. This was preceded by parliamentary elections held on 30 August 2020, which resulted in significant changes in the political landscape and, consequently, in the structure of the Parliament of Montenegro. Specifically, the Parliament at that time entered 30 Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS-LP), followed by 27 MPs of the coalition "For the Future of Montenegro" (New Serbian Democracy, Democratic People's Party, Socialist People's Party, Labour Party, True Montenegro, United Montenegro), 11 MPs of the coalition "Peace is Our Nation" (Democratic Montenegro and DEMOS), four MPs of the coalition "Black on White" (URA and Civis), three MPs each from the Social Democrats (SD) and the Bosniak Party (BS), two MPs of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and one MP each from the Albanian Coalition "Unanimously" and the Albanian List.The constitutive session of the 27th convocation of the Parliament of Montenegro took place on 23 September 2020. This was preceded by parliamentary elections held on 30 August 2020, which resulted in significant changes in the political landscape and, consequently, in the structure of the Parliament of Montenegro. Specifically, the Parliament at that time entered 30 Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS-LP), followed by 27 MPs of the coalition "For the Future of Montenegro" (New Serbian Democracy, Democratic People's Party, Socialist People's Party, Labour Party, True Montenegro, United Montenegro), 11 MPs of the coalition "Peace is Our Nation" (Democratic Montenegro and DEMOS), four MPs of the coalition "Black on White" (URA and Civis), three MPs each from the Social Democrats (SD) and the Bosniak Party (BS), two MPs of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and one MP each from the Albanian Coalition "Unanimously" and the Albanian List.

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Gender pulse of the media in the election campaign

Author(s): Milica Zindović,Damir Nikočević,Jelena Jovanović Marović,Dajana Zečević,Danijel Radević,Olivera Komar,Dejana Ponoš,Mirjana Ivanović Bošković / Language(s): English

In election cycles, people mostly remember only the results, while the content of the campaign in terms of key messages and electoral programmes is rarely retained. Issues of gender equality also remain on the margins, which, unfortunately, is indicated by the recent extraordinary parliamentary elections in Montenegro held on 11 June 2023. The issue of gender equality, as well as the relationship between political parties and the media, significantly shapes social reality. Objective and non-discriminatory public informing about electoral processes is extremely important for strengthening the overall political culture. Through the project “SPINoFACT 7 – Media Monitoring of 2023 Parliamentary Elections in Montenegro with focus on Gender Perspective” implemented by the Centre for Civic Education (CCE), with the support of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Montenegro, the aim was to bring gender-responsible media reporting into the public spotlight as part of encouraging the political participation of women, especially in light of the growing misogyny in Montenegro, which already has a chilling effect on women’s engagement in matters of public importance.

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Who does Montenegro choose?

Author(s): Mirjana Radulović / Language(s): English

Early parliamentary elections will be held on 11 June 2023. Total of 15 electoral lists are participating, with a total of 1113 candidates who will compete for 81 parliamentary seat. The main objective of this research is to provide a cross-section of those electoral lists in terms of gender, age, and regional and professional structure of the candidates so that citizens and the interested public have a deeper cross-section of the electoral offer in that aspect. The data has been processed in a manner that does not reveal personal data about candidates for MPs and provides all the relevant information set by the research task.

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