"It is better to play real table tennis with a colleague, rather than shifting responsibility for the economic and social rights of citizens from one ministry to the another." On the occasion of the Human Rights Day marked on December 10, the Initiative for Economic and...
In the week marking the International Human Rights Day, civil society organizations are drawing attention to the catastrophic situation the homeless people in Belgrade are facing during the coronavirus pandemic. Namely, in addition to the exclusion and rejection from the community that homeless people face already...
More than 600 residents in the settlement of Kamendin in Zemun Polje, the largest settlement of social housing in Belgrade, have been on the brink of survival for months, pressed by debts for housing costs and enforcement procedures for debt collection. At the moment, more...
The City of Belgrade and a consortium made up of the companies Suez, Itochu and Marguerite, which are building a waste incinerator at the Vinča landfill with the financial support of the EBRD, have failed to uphold the standards of this bank in relation to the...
On 15 November 2020, A 11 Initiative submitted its comments to the Committe on the Rights of the Child in line with the Committee’s call for comments on the text of the Draft General Comment no. 25 on children’s rights in relation to the digital...
The A 11 Initiative calls on the Shelter for Adults and the Elderly to urgently provide admission to beneficiaries facing homelessness who, without the support of the social protection system, can in no way meet basic needs for adequate and dignified accommodation, care and nutrition. In...
Donor: British Embassy in Belgrade Project duration: September 2020 – February 2021...
The A 11 – Initiative for Economic and Social Rights filed a complaint on October 30th, 2020, to the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) against Studio B television, because the host of the show “Morning with Sanja” has presented some inappropriate and racist attitudes aimed...
Serbia is one of the countries with the highest inequality in Europe, countries in which households are extremely financially burdened by housing costs and is the only one in the region that has not organized any special social policy measures for the poorest during the...
On 5 October 2020, the United Nations Economic and Social Council granted Special Consultative Status to the A 11 – Initiative for Economic and Social Rights. We are very happy to have been granted this Status, primarily because it opens up various additional possibilities for...