Biographical data form candidates to the Committee against Torture
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Name and first name: Milan Antonijevic
Date and place of birth: September 24, 1975, Belgrade, Serbia
Working languages: Serbian, English, French
Current position /function: (5 lines maximum)
- Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights
- Member of the Council to monitor the implementation of the recommendations of the mechanism of the United Nations for Human Rights of the Republic of Serbia
- Member of the Council to monitor the implementation of the Action Plan for the implementation of the Strategy of prevention and protection against discrimination for the period from 2014 to 2018
Main professional activities: (10 lines maximum)
- Actively advocating for the creation of the National Preventive Mechanism in Serbia and participating in the work of this body
- Coordinator of the National Convention on the European Union for Chapter 23
- Coordinating and implementing a number of projects on prisons, detention centers and psychiatric hospitals
- The coordinator / project expert UN, CoE, EU, OSCE and many other international and national organizations, associations and foundations whose aim is to protect human and minority rights, representation of victims of human rights violations and torture in prisons, detention centers, psychiatric institutions as well as the harmonization of the legal framework of Serbia with international and European standards
Educational background: (5 lines maximum)
- Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, Department of International Law - Lawyer, equivalent diploma - Master (2005)
- Peace Studies at the University of Bradford and defended the final paper on use democracy for peace in Serbia, Chevening scholarship from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom (2010)
Other main activities in the field of Human Rights relevant to the mandate of the Committee against Torture: (10 lines maximum)
- Participated in numerous visits to prisoners and detainees, as well as in monitoring the conditions in places where persons deprived of their liberty are placed in Serbia
- Worked on amendments to the criminal legislation on torture, as well as to amend the Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia and the introduction of hate crime in domestic legislation
- Lectured at the Judicial Academy for judges and prosecutors on cases before the European Court of Human Rights
- Wrote an alternative report which was submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee in February 2017 covering the topics of torture, asylum, hate crimes, the right to adequate housing, etc.
List of the most recent publications in this field: (5 lines maximum)
- "Access to Justice: Providing information, advice and free legal aid in Serbia", the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, 2016
- "Book of recommendations of the National Convention on the European Union," European Movement in Serbia, 2015
- "The public prosecutor and the protection of human rights in criminal proceedings: Safeguards", the Association of Public Prosecutors and Deputy Public Prosecutors of Serbia, 2014
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