In New York on the 70^th session of UN General Assembly held on 12^th July 2016, it was opened High level thematic debate – Human Rights at the center of the global agenda. Opening the debate, the President of the 70^th session of General Assembly of the United Nations, His Excellency Mr. Mogens Lykketoft emphasized that the debate on human rights, which is held for the third time during his term of office, is the main foundation and pillar of everything that the United Nations is based on.

A round table on “the role and function of media in different stages of criminal proceedings” was held on Thursday in the conference hall of the Hotel Przar in Vranje, as part of the “Independent journalism for independent judiciary” project. This is the first of five round tables which will be financed by the EU Delegation within the Media program.

Serbia is raising security measures to the highest level ahead of Friday’s ‘historic’ arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

More than 5,000 police officers, members of the security services and the army are on standby to secure Chinese President Xi Jinping’s stay during his visit to Serbia from June 17 to 19.

The security measures will be raised to the highest possible level, the so-called first stage, which was also the case when Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel visited.

On 11–12 June, the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Mónica Pinto, will meet with and gain input from lawyers and civil society actors. Ahead of this consultation in Belgrade, members of Human Rights House Belgrade spoke to HRHN about the importance of the consultation and the benefits of a cross-border community of lawyers.

The Committee of Lawyers for Human Rights (YUCOM), with support from the OSCE mission in Serbia, held on 17 May 2016 the second of four ’Monitoring, Reporting and Specifics of Criminal Proceedings for Criminal Acts with Elements of Corruption’ trainings, at Human Rights House in Belgrade.

Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights, with the support from OSCE mission in Serbia, has held first of 4 trainings in “Monitoring, research and specifics of criminal trials for criminal offences with elements of corruption” on Faculty of Law in Niš on 26 th of April 2016.

Milan Antonijevic, Director of Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights – YUCOM, opened the conference, indicating that the annual report is dedicated to cooperation with state bodies, responses and fast reactions that YUCOM demanded. According to Antonijevic, the past year was marked by a clear and strong cooperation with independent institutions…

Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights YUCOM, with the support of the Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Embassy of Finland, kindly invites you to the conference “Human Rights in 2015 – YUCOM’s Views on Serbia’s Response” which will be held on Friday, 11 of March 2016, starting at 11 am, at the Media Center Belgrade, Terazije 3, M60 hall on the second floor.