Goran Svilanovic
GORAN SVILANOVIC was born in 1963, Gnjilane, (Serbia) SFR
Yugoslavia,
Employments
- 2008 – Coordinator
of OSCE Economic and Environmental
Activities, OSCE
Secretariat, Vienna
- 2008 – Union University,
Law School
- 2007 – 2008 Belgrade
center for Human Rights
- 2000 – 2007 Member of
Parliament of Serbia
- 2000 – 2004 Minister of
Foreign Affaires, Government of Yugoslavia/
Serbia and Montenegro
- 1998 – 2000 Mikijelj-Jankovic,
lawyer’s office
- 1989 – 1998 Teaching
Assistant, University of Belgrade, Law School, Belgrade
Key professional achievements
- 2008 – Coordinator of OSCE Economic and
Environmental Activities
- 2007 – 2008 Consultant for South East Europe,
UNECE, Geneva
- 2004 – 2007 Chair, Working Table on Human Rights
and Democracy (WT I), Stability Pact for South East Europe;
- 2002-2004 President, National Council for
Cooperation with The International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia (ICTY);
- 2000-2003 Member of the Upper
Chamber of the Federal Parliament of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia;
- 2004 – 2006 Member of
the Parliament of Serbia;
- 2000-2004 Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro
- 1999-2004 President, Civic
Alliance of Serbia, political party
Committees
- 2008 – Council for European
Integration, Government of Serbia
- 2007 – Council for Foreign
Relationship, MFA Serbia
- 2006 Traveling
Ambassador for the follow up of the Zagreb declaration, on behalf of the
Council of Europe and the Stability Pact for SEE
- 2006- Member Advisory
Board, Center for European Perspective, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2006 - 2008 Member Advisory Board,
Office for the EU integration, Government of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
- 2005-2006 Senior Review Group
(formed to propose reform of the Stability Pact for SEE)
- 2004-2006 Member of The
International Commission on the Balkans (so called Amato Commission)
- 1995-1999 President of the
Council for Human Rights of the Center for Anti-War Action, Belgrade,
national affiliation of the Federation Internationale des Ligues des
Droits de l’Homme, Paris, (F.I.D.H.)
- 1993-1996 Founder and the
coordinator of the legal service “SOS Hotline for the victims of ethnic,
religious, national, political and labor discrimination”, conducted by
the Center for Anti-War Action, Belgrade
- 1989-1991 Associate, Yugoslav
Forum for Human Rights (Chaired by Prof. Vojin Dimitrijevic)
- 2004- Member of the
Board, Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence
- 1995-1999 Member of the Board,
Center for Antiwar Action, Belgrade
Conferences
- 2005 UNESCO Protection
and Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Kosovo - International Donors
Conference, Paris, France
- 2004 UNECE Regional
Preparatory Meeting for Beijing + 10, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2002/2003 United Nations
Commission of Human Rights
- 2002 The World Summit on
Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 2001 World Conference
against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and related
Intolerance, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 2005 6th
Global Forum on Good Governance, Seoul, Korea
- 2002 Communities
for Democracy, Seoul, Korea
Education
- 2008 PhD with the
Thesis: “Substantial Legal Effects of the Civil Court
Decisions”, Union
University, Law School, Belgrade
- 1994 European Peace
University, Staadtschlaining, Austria
- 1993 Masters degree with
the thesis ”The Reasons for the Repetition of the Civil Litigation
Procedure”, Law School, University of Belgrade
- 1991 Europa Institute,
University of Saarland, Germany
- 1989 Institute for Human
Rights, Strasbourg, France
- 1987 Graduated from Law
School, University of Belgrade
Books
- Roma in Serbia, editor and co-author, 1997, Center for Anti-War
Action
- Proposal for the Repetition of the Litigation Procedure,
(Wiederaufnahmegruende in Zivillprozess) University of Belgrade, Law
School, 1996
- The problem of Citizenship in Yugoslavia, co-author,
Project sponsored by UNHCR, Belgrade, 1995
- Split up of former Yugoslavia, Legal consequences, and co-author
(chapter on international legal aid between newly established states on
the territory of former Yugoslavia, and chapter on Hereditary Law
consequences after the split up of the country), University of Belgrade,
Law School, 1995
Articles
- Evidences obtained through violation of Personal Rights, Pravni
zivot (Legal Life Magazine), Belgrade, 1995
- Transitional Litigation and the Evolution of the Law of
Evidence, National report at the VII Congress of Procedural Law,
Taormina, Italy, September 1995
- Action to omit further release and temporary measures in the
case of violation of Personal Rights in the media, Pravni zivot (Legal
Life Magazine), Belgrade, 1994
- The role of the Federal Court and the Federal Constitutional
Court in the civil protection of Human Rights, University of Belgrade,
Law School, 1993
- Possible extension of Declaratory Relief in Yugoslav Civil
Procedure, Pravni zivot (Legal Life Magazine), 1989
- Incorrect Court Decisions in Yugoslavia and the Damage (The Case
of the German Law), Pravni zivot (Legal Life Magazine), Be
- lgrade, 1991
- Articles on the Human Rights situation in Serbia published in
the Belgrade alternative monthly “Republika” and in the bulletin “Voice”
edited by the Center for Antiwar Action
Lectures
- Right to take part in the conduct of public affairs, Article 25
ICCPR and Article 3, Protocol 1. with the ECHR
- Right to a fair trial, Article 6 ECHR
- Minority Rights in South East Europe, Central European
University, Budapest
- Legal position of Refugees in Yugoslavia;
- Competencies of the State Bodies of Yugoslavia concerning the
protection of refugee children without parents care;
- Citizenship problem in Yugoslavia;
- Separate international agreements on the refugee problems.
- Regular lectures in Human Rights education seminars organized by
The Belgrade Center for Human Rights, Helsinki Committee for Human
Rights in Serbia, Save the Children Fund, Belgrade, UNHCR office
Belgrade