European Court of Human Rights: Serbia must refrain from returning a mother and her two children to Türkiye

The European Court of Human Rights has once again indicated an interim measure requiring the Republic of Serbia, specifically the Belgrade Border Police Station, to refrain from returning a Kurdish mother and her two chi...
17. September 2026

Caritas: a place of kindness

What does it look like when an organisation listens to the needs of persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, sets up the social services they need, helps people develop the skills needed to enter the labour...
17. September 2026

“Otvoreno srce” for children with intellectual disabilities

Having an open heart is a phrase we use often. The real meaning of those words, though, was shown to us by the members of Otvoreno srce sveta, an association in Vršac that supports children and adults with intellectual ...
16. September 2026

New Identity Cards for Persons Granted Asylum

Key Messages New Regulatory Framework for Documents in the Asylum System The Minister of Interior has adopted the Rulebook on the Content and Design of the Asylum Application Form and Identity Cards for Asylum-Seeke...
24. August 2026

Ministry confirms: registration of a child’s birth must not be conditioned on foreign documents

Key messages What happened On 16 January 2026, the Centre for Research and Social Development IDEAS submitted to the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government a request for an opinion on the application...
14. March 2026

Women leaders set out the key priorities for gender equality in Trstenik

The participants, women leaders from various spheres of social life, led an open and constructive discussion on the deeply rooted challenges that women in their community face. Through an analysis of the impact of patria...
04. November 2025

The Ministry of the Interior is misusing the concept of ‘unacceptable security risk’

The Centre for Research and Social Development IDEAS warns of increasingly frequent arbitrary decisions by the Ministry of the Interior that designate foreign nationals, including refugees and asylum seekers, as posing a...
25. September 2024

European Court of Human Rights: Serbia ordered to refrain from forcibly returning a person fleeing political persecution to Türkiye

For the seventh time, the European Court of Human Rights has indicated an interim measure requiring the Belgrade Border Police Station to refrain from the forcible removal of a Turkish national of Kurdish origin who was ...
21. August 2024

Asylum seeker from Burundi enrols at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Two years ago, with good reason to fear for his life, Kharim, then a twenty-seven-year-old from Burundi, set out for Europe. He took with him only an old camera, a phone, his identity documents and a few of his own works...
07. July 2024

Plava ptica: helping build a better society

The association developed gradually. At first we had a day care centre for people with developmental, intellectual or multiple disabilities, and now it has grown into a substantial organisation. We now work with older pe...
26. December 2022

We are the driving force: Evo ruka

Since it was founded, the Evo ruka association has developed activities to meet needs that were not being addressed in the community. One of the greatest challenges was how to organise day care for children with disabili...
26. December 2022

Game Changers: How to Change the Rules of the Game?

The Center for Research and Social Development IDEAS, in partnership with the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue and the British Embassy in Belgrade, is organising a three-day conference from 9 to ...
08. February 2022