Campaign Watch 2012
The BKV Fund has embarked on a project aimed at monitoring the 2012 election campaign in Serbia, with a view to alerting violations of democratic principles and the rules governing the electoral process
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BKV Award launch
The “Biljana Kovačević-Vučo Award for Human Rights Defenders 2012” will be presented annually on May 21st - Biljana Kovačević-Vučo’s birthday- to an individual, group or community for their outstanding efforts to promote and protect human rights.
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Campaign Watch Update
Newsletter No. 4
Parliamentary, local and presidential elections in Serbia are scheduled to take place on May 6, 2012. A total of 7,058.683 voters will elect a new 250-seat National Assembly, as well as mayors in major cities and deputies in over 160 city and municipal assemblies.
At a session held on April 20, the Republic Election Commission (RIK) completed and proclaimed the official list of parties, coalitions and independent candidates running for election into the 250-seat People’s Assembly (Parliament) of the Republic of Serbia. A list’s representatives are elected if it wins a minimum of 5% votes. This rule does not apply to ethnic minorities, whose lists necessitate the so-called “natural threshold”[1] to be represented in Parliament.
Campaign Watch 2012 update
Newsletter No. 3
Parliamentary, local and presidential elections in Serbia are scheduled to take place on May 6, 2012. A total of 7,058.683 voters will elect a new 250-seat National Assembly, as well as mayors in major cities and deputies in over 160 city and municipal assemblies.
New Social Democracy of Serbia is the 88th entry in the Registry of Political Parties with the Ministry for Human and Minorities’ Rights, State Administration and Local Self-government, and recognized by Serbian authorities.
Campaign Watch 2012 update
Newsletter No. 2
Parliamentary and local elections in Serbia are scheduled to take place on May 6, 2012. A total of 7,058.683 voters will elect a new 250-seat National Assembly, as well as mayors in major cities and deputies in over 160 municipal assemblies.
There are 87 political parties officially entered in the Registry of Political Parties with the Ministry for Human and Minorities’ Rights, State Administration and Local Self-government, and recognized by Serbian authorities. 9 parties and/or coalitions have so far registered their election lists.
The BKV Fund was formally established in 2010 to honor the memory of Biljana Kovačević-Vučo, a leading human rights defender in Serbia, and to further the causes to which she was committed. The Fund has established the annual Biljana Kovačević-Vučo Award for Human Rights Defenders, which is the foundation of our work in the sphere of human rights, and leads a number of projects that, in partnership with others, seek to research and disseminate accurate information about past and current issues relating to transition –including transitional justice, confrontation of the past, and transparency- in Serbia, with a view to promoting public debate and strengthening citizen participation in the political process and oversight of government.