Full Coverage: Serbia and Montenegro

27.02.2007 After the ruling of the International Court of Justice that Serbia can not be held responsible for the genocide that took place in B&H, the Youth Initiative for Human Rights demands from state officials to present all the facts as determined by the judgment and to not bring into question the victims of genocide.

22.02.2007 In a blatant attempt to intimidate advocates of a peaceful solution to the Serbia-Kosovo conflict, a leading Serbian nationalist newspaper has called for the prosecution of the WomenÂ’s Peace Coalition, a joint initiative of women activists, for advocating for the independence of Kosovo.

21.02.2007 Six years after the democratic changes, the non-profit sector in Serbia still waits for legislation that would regulate its work and its relations with the state. Although both Governments that ruled after 2000 announced a new law on citizensÂ’ associations, and in spite of the fact that, by virtue of its acceptance for Council of Europe membership in April 2003 it accepted the obligation to adopt such a law within a year, the legal status of NGOs is still regulated by the old Yugoslav Law on Association of Citizens, Social and Political Organizations and the 1982 Serbian Law on Social Organizations and CitizensÂ’ Associations.

19.02.2007 The Antifascist Action Novi Sad published an analysis of social-political and aesthetic discourse of new clerical and orthodox strategies “Criticism of Clericalization of Serbia”.

15.02.2007 The Serbian Refugee Council announces a competition for two open positions: Project Coordinator and Project Assistant. Deadline for Application expires on February 21, 2007, at 12:00 hours.

15.02.2007 To mark this years V-Day, the BelgradeÂ’s Anti Trafiking Centre organizes a screening of World VDay: Until the Violence Stops, film by Abby Epstein, today, February 15, at the REX Cinema, at 19:00 hours. ATC will also screen a recording of last yearÂ’s performance of Eve EnslerÂ’s The Vagina Monologues at last years V-Day celebrations.

14.02.2007 The action to collect signatures for the petition requiring from the Government to provide the same treatment to the citizens reserved for the Aluminium Corporation expanded to Kotor and Niksic, and the citizens can now sign the petition online, at http://www.pravodaznam.info/peticija.htm, reports MANS.

13.02.2007 Following the protests over the huge January electricity bills that came as rather bad surprise to the citizens of Montenegro, the Network for Affirmation of Non-Governmental Sector (MANS) continues the campaign to collect the signatures on a petition to the Government demanding that the citizens get the same treatment regarding their electricity bills reserved to the Aluminium Corporation.

13.02.2007 The European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) holds a street action today, February 13, aimed at abolition of visa regimes in Europe and promotion of free movement of people.

09.02.2007 The ALFA Centre NGO from Niksic, Montenegro, expressed its interest to cooperate with organizations from Bosnia and Herzegovina that share same or similar orientation and goals.

08.02.2007 In a stinging rebuke to Serbian nationalism, the Women in Black group has accused politicians of condemning Serbia to further international isolation and perpetuating the policies of the late Slobodan Milosevic by rejecting a UN plan for the independence of Kosovo.
From The Advocacy Project

06.02.2007 The UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the PeopleÂ’s Office of the President of the Republic signed, last Monday, February 5, an agreement on cooperation in the implementation of a pilot-project dedicated to integration of refugee and IDP families.

05.02.2007 The Contemporary Skills Centre appealed to all political parties that entered the Serbian Skupstina (the national parliament) after the January 21 Elections, to secure that women account for at least 30 percent in the new Parliament.