MENTAL HEALTHCARE BEFITTING HUMAN DIGNITY Helsinki Files No. 33 Published by Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia www.helsinki.org.rs For the publisher: Sonja Biserko Contributors: Dejan Milenkovi, Miloš Jankovi, Nikola Gruji, Dr. Vladimir Jovi, Dr. Paolo Serra, Darko Sekuli, Jelena Markovi, Milan Markovi and Ljiljana Palibrk

Arkan Real name, Zeljko Raznjatovic, paramilitary leader during the wars in Croatia and Bosnia-­Herzegovina. Indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugslavia (on September

A long-time actor in human rights protection, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) works to develop a culture based on respect for human rights in Poland and abroad. It is one of the oldest non-governmental organisations acting in the field of human rights protection in Poland. HFHR’s main areas of activity are: international and

The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) has been following the human rights situation in Kosovo since the 1980s and has reported on human rights violations there. The IHF has visited Kosovo three times since March 2004. Last mission was organized from 18 to 22 June 2006. The IHF Secretariat based in Vienna and the member Committees from Norway, Bosnia and Herzegovina

1. offering free and comprehensive legal aid to victims of human rights violations in Serbia (legal service) 2. monitor the conduct of the police and army regarding human rights standards. 3. monitor prison conditions and respect of detainees' rights. 4. closely observe the new laws and regulations expected to be adopted.

The US policy-making Principals Committee, meeting on 19 May, expressed its view that: “The only realistic option is to seek Allied support for an Unprofor pull-back from vulnerable positions” – ergo, the safe areas – “coupled with more robust enforcement of the remaining mandate, including Nato air strikes.” 6 See, “Human Rights: Hostage to the State’s Regression,” the annual report of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, Belgrade, 2006. 7 For several years now the provincial authorities have been implementing the project aimed at promotion of multiculturalism and tolerance in Vojvodina. “Tolerance camps” for the young have been

Helsinki Committee Report – SERBIA: CAPTURED SOCIETY Belgrade, 2023. publisher Helsinški Committee for Human Rights in Serbia for the publisher Sonja Biserko authors Sonja Biserko, Dimitrije Boarov, Izabela Kisić, Žarko Korać, Jelena Krstić, Duško Lopandić, Tomislav Marković, Bojana Oprijan,

Open Letter to EU, US, and NATO Governments: This is Your Deterrence Failure: Confront It. 3 May 2021 Prior to 2018, the standard talking point for most Western governments toward the Balkans was fully consistent with the ideal of a Europe “whole, free, and at peace:” that no further pursuit of border changes or ethnoterritorialism would be permitted. Equality of citizens and acceptance of

^{58. Hellenic League for Human Rights, Athens, Greece 59. Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia 60. Homosexuelle Initiative (HOSI) Wien – 1. Lesben- und Schwulenverband Österreichs, Austria 61. Human Rights Action / Akcija za ljudska prava, Podgorica, Montenegro 62. Human Rights Center of Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan 63.}

Biserko, Sonja (ed.), The Warp of the Serbian Identity, Belgrade: Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia The Role of the Serbian and Russian Orthodox Churches in Shaping Governmental Policies 2016 •

During his three-day visit to Serbia in mid- November 2014, Patriarch Kirill said that when ”a Russian man comes to Serbia, he truly feels at home”, and that “the common faith, common cul- ture, common close historical ties, the common blood spilled in the name 73 Liturgy in Honour of Patriarch Kirill, Embassy of the Russian Federation in

As violent political struggle rages, human rights in all parts of the country have suffered dramatically. Helsinki Watch takes no position on Yugoslavia's territorial integrity or the claims to

Helsinki bulletin HESINKI COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN SERBIA instead it hypocritically hid behind the “insep-arability of the South province” verified by the 2006 Constitution. Belgrade has been adjusting its Kosovo poli-cy with the one for Bosnia-Herzegovina while waiting for the right time to openly propose partition of Kosovo.

Helsinki bulletin HELSINKI COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN SERBIA the influence of its soft power. As an important strategic point towards Europe, Serbia is, in the Kremlin’s view, suitable for an “experimental farm”, where Russia’s entire growing power can successfully manifest itself. All the more so be- QE10N.