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More attention should be paid to the professional training of the NPM staff in the
future work of the NPM.
4.8.
Other forms of cooperation
In 2016, the cooperation with the Republic of Serbia National Assembly Committee for
Labour, Social Affairs, Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction of the of the Republic of Serbia
was established, to exchange information about the status and present problems with providing care for refugees and migrants, with the focus on vulnerable categories, such as women,
children, disabled persons, the elderly and other.
The intensified cooperation has been established with UNHCR and associations Belgrade
Centre for Human Rights and Group 484 was established, with the aim to implement the
enhancement activities and ensure protection of refugees/migrants in Serbia from ill-treatment.
NPM organized a round table with the topic “Human Rights and Social inclusion of Refugees
and Migrants in the Republic of Serbia“in order to initiate the dialogue between all relevant
actors in achieving specific plans to introduce an adequate and timely inclusion of refugees
and migrants in Serbia and protect their rights. The round table was organized within the
project “Human rights of Migrants and Refugees: Serbia and the Balkan Route – National Institutions for Protection of Human Rights and International and Legal Activities” jointly implemented by the Protector of Citizens and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights of OHCHR, with the support of the Federal Government of the Republic of Germany.
With the support of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
OHCHR, NPM held the press conference to mark the 10-year anniversary since the effective
date of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or
degrading Treatments and Punishments (OPCAT), and the meeting of the NPM Network of
South East Europe in Belgrade. The topic of the meeting was the preventive approach to the
protection of human rights of refugees and migrants in the SEE countries. Also, with the support of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR, NPM
made several visits to the locations accommodating the migrants and developed flyers on the
rights of refugees and migrants and mechanisms for their exercising and protection in the territory of the Republic of Serbia in English, French, Arabic, Farsi and Urdu languages. To ensure
the highest possible awareness among the migrants, NPM team distributed the flyers to refugees and migrants during the visits.
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