South-East Europe and Turkey
Currently, the Division is providing support to the authorities of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey in their endeavor to protect human rights. The focus is on issues such as non-discrimination, freedom of expression, the fight against impunity and the implementation of human rights action plans, which were highlighted by Council of Europe monitoring mechanisms as areas of concern in the respective countries.
On-going projects
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kosovo*
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Serbia
- Support for the Implementation of Judicial Reform in Serbia
- Strengthening the effective legal remedies to human rights violations in Serbia
Regional Projects
Türkiye
Completed projects
Albania
- Supporting enforcement of judicial decisions and facilitating execution of ECtHR judgments in Albania
- Enhancing the effectiveness of the Albanian system of human rights protection and anti-discrimination
- Supporting the effective domestic remedies and facilitating the execution of judgments
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Initiative for Legal Certainty and Efficient Judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Reinforcing the capacity of the judiciary as regards the implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Strengthening the Human Rights Ombudsman to fight discrimination in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Initiative for Legal Certainty in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Phase II
Kosovo*
- Improving the protection of European Human Rights Standards by the Constitutional Court
- Strengthening the National Preventive Mechanism in Kosovo*
- Enhancing Human Rights Protection in Kosovo*
- Support to the implementation of European human rights standards and to the reform of the Ombudsperson institution in Kosovo*
- Strengthening the Kosovo* Institutions in the fight against torture, ill-treatment and other degrading treatment (IKOS)
Montenegro
- Improved procedural safeguards in judicial proceedings in Montenegro
- Fighting ill-treatment and impunity and enhancing the application of ECtHR case law on national level in Montenegro
- Support to the National Institutions in Preventing Discrimination in Montenegro (PREDIM)
- Montenegro: Support to the Ombudsperson Office and the Constitutional Court of Montenegro in applying European Human Rights Standards
North Macedonia
Serbia
- Supporting effective domestic remedies and mutual legal assistance
- Human Rights Friendly Judiciary in Serbia
- Support to the judiciary in Serbia to ensure a coherent implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights at the national level
Türkiye
- Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards
- Strengthening the human rights protection of migrants and victims of human trafficking in Turkey (Migration component)
- Strengthening the Criminal Justice System and the Capacity of Justice Professionals on prevention of the European Convention on Human Rights Violations in Turkey
- Enhancing the efficiency of the Turkish criminal justice system
- Enhancing the role of the supreme judicial authorities in respect of European standards in Turkey
- Improving the effectiveness of investigation of allegations of ill-treatment and combating impunity
- Training of military judges and prosecutors in Turkey
- Strengthening the Capacity of the Turkish Judiciary on Freedom of Expression
- Supporting the Individual Application to the Constitutional Court in Turkey
- HELP in the Western Balkans and Turkey
- Supporting the implementation and reporting on the Action Plan on Human Rights in Turkey
Regional Projects
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* "All reference to Kosovo, whether the territory, institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United Nation’s Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo."
