Paticipation and Human Rights

Armed incidents in Serbia are usually a product of illegal possession of weapons. Contrary to popular beliefs saying that these incidents mostly happen aroun...

Digital violence and revenge porn are present in public discourse in Serbia only in several recent campaigns. Winners of Svetlana Djurdjevic Lukic fund, Mili...

It is believed that almost everybody has a picture of his/her face stored somewhere, whether it is a country or a private company database.

Under to the new program “Your Country, Your Future, Now!” the German government is offering rejected asylum seekers benefits in kind worth up to €1000 if th...

Lieutenant of the Serbian Army Mirjana Novakovic has graduated from the US infantry training for young leaders at Fort Bening

The aim of the Gender Coach Programme is to increase the integration of the gender perspective into SALW control policies in South East Europe

Heavy rainfall in Southwestern Columbia on Friday, March 31, caused flooding, landslides, and avalanches. Thirty percent of montlhy rain fell just in one night.

In order to tackle violent extremism, women must be better represented in the security sector – including at the highest levels, says Camilla Bognoe of the O...

Western Balkans countries are struggling to survive in the waiting room to joining the Europen Union's "club of democracies".

Increasing the number of women recruits would be “beneficial” to the Swiss army

The Third Regional Conference on Human Security starts today in Athens.

Should the EU respond to issues faced daily by its citizens, both in the workplace, as well as their private lives?

The CENTRE team in cooperation with Fenomena from Kraljevo organized a focus group on gender-based violence.

The 2nd Conference for Managers of Think Tanks in the Western Balkans will take place from 20-23 February 2017 in Vienna, Austria.Ad interim director of the ...

Tanja Jakobi, ad interim director and Katarina Ivanovic (Astra) spoke on the workers' exploitation and inhumane working condition in Slovakia.

In the USA each year more people suffer from domestic violence than from Muslim „terrorists“ who are on the political agenda of the newly elected president

The main topics of the meetings held in Subotica were the migrant crisis and its impact on the security of citizens of Subotica.

Does youth feel safe and what their perceptions on firearms possession were the main topics of the focus group organized in Novi Pazar.

The research team conducted focus groups with women living in rural areas and talked about their perceptions on GBV.

CENTRE's team discussed security of the youth and challenges they encounter with local representatives in Novi Pazar.

In cooperation with a partner organization Romani Cikna, the CENTRE organized a focus group that gathered Roma women in Krusevac.

CENTRE's research team conducted a focus group in Novi Becej in cooperation with Association of Roma of Novi Becej.

The European Union adopted Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/2367 in support of SEESAC disarmament and arms control activities in South East Europe

A new strategy to help respond to the situation of refugees and migrants in Serbia in 2017 presented on January 23.

The OSCE Secretariat’s Gender Section and the Institute for Inclusive Security published a new report on designing inclusive strategies.

According to the new report by Amnesty International, weapons from Balkan countries have ended up in Iraq

Sweden to focus on women and peace during UN Security Council presidency

Public Policy Research CENTRE's Newsletter

Belgrade Security Forum covered a wide range of security-wise topics from different contexts and perspectives.

As a part of the Kapuscinski Development Lectures, Branko Milanovic provided perceptive insights into global inequality last night in Belgrade.

The first annual conference organized by ERA LGBTI, an umbrella LGBT organization was held in Pristina.

Svetlana’s tragic death robs us of a sharp thinker about the human side of security, a tireless activist and advocate of human rights, and a devoted friend, ...

Svetlana Djurdjevic Lukic, the director and co-founder of the Belgrade-based Public Policy Research Center, has passed away, at the age of 53, it was announc...

Association "Da se zna" presented its work and web portal for reporting cases of violence against the LGBT people in Serbia.

Gayten-LGBT presented Proposal of the Bill on Gender Identity during the 2016 Belgrade Pride Week.

CENTRE at the Academy on NAPs on the UNSCR 1325 implementation in the OSCE area

Share Foundation published a comment concerning children's safety online by the CENTRE's associate, Jelena Sapic.

CENTRE's member, Jelena Sapic, completed the training of trainers organized by the Association of Youth with Disabilities of Montenegro.

On the occasion of the US Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Serbia, Svetlana Djurdjevic-Lukic took part in programs on N1 and Radio Belgrade 1.

Violence against LGBT members have not been prosecuted yet. The police has not done enough to find perpetrators.

Serbia needs new jobs for less-skilled labor force and better designed social dialogue, said Tanja Jakobi on N1's news.

This post was written by Tanja Jakobi, Media analyst and researcher at CENTAR Public Policy Research Centre, Serbia. It is the ninth article of a series of r...

CENTRE's research team has started exploring youth's and women's perceptions concerning firearms possession and human security.

Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic said that in 12 cases of women's murders there were omissions in state services work.

Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic announced new laws on protection from violence in the family.

More than three-fifths of respondents in the CENTRE’s survey completely or partly agree that institutions discriminate against LGBT.

Commenting on the last week's massacre in Zitiste, the CENTRE’s director analyzed issues related to firearms legalization.

Commissioner for Protection Equality in Serbia noted that recent murders showed that violence against women has been one of the most severe issues in society.

The first regulation targeting children's safety online adopted on June 30.

Military neutrality as the official security policy of Serbia has not been consistently enforced which leaves a room for its different interpretations.