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Partners Serbia conducted the annual research on the openness and transparency of institutions in Serbia – Transparency is not a priority

04.10.2023. The continuous political instability in the Western Balkan region influences the development of policies and the culture of openness of government. Although all the states of the...

Lack of proactive transparency of institutions – Difficult access to information of public importance

02.10.2023. On September 27, Partners Serbia, with the organization Transparency Serbia, marked the International Day for Universal Access to Information by organizing the conference “Transpa...

The provisions of the Draft Law on Central Records of Beneficial Owners might cause a narrowing of freedom of association

On the last day of September, a public debate of the Draft Law on Central Records of Beneficial Owners, proposed by the Ministry of Economy, was completed. The public hearing lasted 20 days, which is...

Celebrating the International Right to Know Day - Transparency on the Agenda: Access to Information, the Fight Against Corruption, and the Openness of the Judiciary

Partners for Democratic Changes Serbia (Partners Serbia) and Transparency Serbia invite you to the Conference "Transparency on the Agenda: Access to Information, the Fight Against Corruption, and the...

Partners Serbia welcomes back Emily Wright!

After her brief internship at Partners Serbia last summer, Emily is back to Belgrade and will be at Partners Serbia for 10 months as a Fulbright Fellow. She will focus her research on human rights-bas...

The Process of Making Regulations: Lack of Transparency and Absence of Substantive Debate in the National Assembly

In 2023, Partners Serbia monitored twelve regulatory processes to assess the extent of their transparency and how the National Assembly carried out its legislative responsibilities. Using a unif...

The main shortcomings of the Law on Personal Data Protection, the Law on Electronic Media, and the Law on Electronic Communications, as well as their alignment with international standards.

As part of the Greater Internet Freedom project, Partners Serbia has prepared analyses of three important laws in Serbia - the Law on Personal Data Protection, the Law on Electronic Media, and the Law...

The European Court of Human Rights found that the processing of biometric data of protesters is intrusive and disproportionate to the purpose

In Chamber judgment from July 4th, 2023, in the case of Glukhin v. Russia (application no. 11519/20) the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Art...

State Led AI and Biometric Surveillance Initiatives in a Captured State - How Serbia’s Draft Law on Internal Affairs (2021/2022) will Impact Civil Society and Serbia’s Path Toward Democracy

Prepared for: Partners for Democratic Change SerbiaAuthor:Emily Ann WrightYear: May 17, 2023Julien J. Studley Graduate Program in International Affairs The New School...

Cooperation between the judiciary and the local media- Summary of analysis and recommendations

AUTHOR: Jovana Živanović, Južne vesti CO-AUTHOR: Nikola Marković, Južne vesti Publisher: Partneri Srbija For publisher: Ana Toskić Cvetinović Design: Južne vestiBelgrade, August 2022 Originally...