Full Coverage: Serbia and Montenegro

29.06.2006 Lauding the non-violent and democratic process that gained Montenegro its independence from Serbia only five weeks ago, Secretary-General Kofi Annan welcomed the United NationsÂ’ 192nd member Wednesday.

28.06.2006 The Humanitarian Law Centre presented its Transitional Justice Report for Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo 1999-2005. In her presentation of the Report, Natasa Kandic, the Centre Director said that Serbia failed to create responsible institutions, which is the main condition for the country “...to face the past and give justice”.

28.06.2006 The South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC) will organize Consultation Conference on Education and Small Arms tomorrow, Thursday, June 29, at the Metropol Hotel in Belgrade, from 09:00 – 16:00 hours.

28.06.2006
Fond za humanitarno pravo predstavio je Izveštaj o tranzicionoj pravdi za Srbiju, Crnu Goru i Kosovu od 1999. do 2005. godine.

27.06.2006 The participants of the Gender Equality and Role of Women in Transition and Development of Democratic Values Conference presented the institutions, public services, media, the Priboj Municipal Gender Equality Council and NGO with a set of recommendations designed to assist the achievement of true gender equality.

23.06.2006 Having in mind that express need for personal work and improvement, the Anti-Trafficking Centre decided to organize two thematic workshops for men.

22.06.2006 Natasa Kandic, Executive Director of the Humanitarian Law Centre from Belgrade, was invited to address the inaugural session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), to be held today in Geneva, Switzerland.

21.06.2006 The I love you [rev.eng = reverse engineering] exhibition will open officially on June 22, at the Novi Sad Museum of Contemporary Arts, at 20:00 hours.

21.06.2006 The status of refugees in former Yugoslavia and the Kosovo IDPs in Serbia and Montenegro has turned for the worse by the breakdown of the union of states and the uncertain status of Kosovo, say the representatives of the Group 484 at the presentation of their 2005 Report on Status of Human Rights of Forced Migrants.

20.06.2006 Activists of the “SOS Telefon Niksic” non-governmental organizations gave a performance on Friday, June 16, in front of the Municipal Building in Niksic, under the motto Did she stumble down the stairs? The performance was organized under the Programme for Improved Rights of Women in the Villages in Niksic Area, with financial support from the Balkan Community Initiatives Fund and the Dutch Central and Eastern Europe Foundation.

20.06.2006 On the occasion of recent demonstration of hate-speech in Serbian Skupstina (the parliament), when Zoran Krasic, MP from the Serb Radical Party, called Ivana Dulic-Markovic, Minister of Agriculture, an "ustasha" from the pulpit, a group of eight NGOs printed a leaflet to remind the public about previous cases of Radicals' involvement in similar incidents.

16.06.2006 Labris Organizations for Lesbian Human Rights from Belgrade, organizes the State Treatment of Same-Sex Oriented Persons round-table discussion, on the occasion of June 27, the International LGBT Pride Day. The round-table will take place at the Tanjug Press Centre in Belgrade, June 27, starting at 10:00 hours.

16.06.2006 The “Ukrstanje” Civic Association, in cooperation with “Forum Syd” and the Novi Sad Youth Club, started the implementation of the Centre for Promotion of Informal Education: Stage 2 – Browsing project, under the sponsorship of the Vojvodina Provincial Secretariat of Youth and Sports and under the auspices of the Youth Policy Action Plan implementation.

13.06.2006 The Horkeskart organization gave a performance in front of several national institutions in Belgrade. The institutions were selected based on the criteria that “... as it is, they make more harm than good”.

13.06.2006 On June 8, 2006, the Argument association and the Centre for Development of Non-Profit Sector (CRNPS), organized the Level of Development of Civil Society in Serbia conference. The conference, supported by UNDP and the European Agency for Reconstruction, was held at the “Metropol” Hotel in Belgrade.

12.06.2006 The European Movement in Serbia opens a public competition for the “Travel to Europe” project, which will enable 200 students from Serbia to get free of charge Schengen Visas to travel to EU countries, as well as free inter-rail traing tickets covering one-month of travel.

12.06.2006 The Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (National Association of Local Authorities) presented the Handbook for Local Councilors on Inter-ethnic Relations, designed to assist the local self-government representatives in implementation of national equality.

09.06.2006 The Humanitarian Law Centre filed criminal charges against the anonymous author and performer of the song titled “Let’s Cut Some Throats”, on charges of inciting of racial, religious and national hatred and intolerance.

02.06.2006 In spite of the decision of the Supreme Court of Serbia, the Security and Information Agency (BIA) didnÂ’t provide, within the legal deadline, the number of people whose communications it wiretapped in 2005, says the Youth Initiative for Human Rights.

02.06.2006 The Belgrade office of UNDP organizes, in cooperation with its partners from B&H, Croatia, Montenegro and Kosovo, a three-day conference, Transitional Justice: Regional Initiatives and Cooperation, at the “Sava Centar” in Belgrade, June 13-15, 2006.