Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection

Organisation name in original language

Poverenik za informacije od javnog značaja i zaštitu podataka o ličnosti

Category of human rights structure

Statutory human rights body

Country

Serbia

Type(s) of body

Data Protection Authority (DPA)

Address

Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 15
11000 Belgrade

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Legal source(s)

Human rights capacity support

Not applicable

Functions

  • Oversight
  • Providing remedy
  • Collecting data on human rights violations
  • Performing promotional activities
  • Other

Specific mandates

  • Freedom of information
  • Any other function under international human rights conventions, under EU legislation or under the national legal system

Structured cooperation with partners at national level

  • Apart from cooperation based on the Law on Protection of Personal Data, there is no other structured cooperation at the national level. However, an agreement was concluded with the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade.
  • Memoranda of understanding have been signed with the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, the Union of the Blind of Serbia and Propulsion.

Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level

  • Regular and structured cooperation exist with the Council of Europe; the International Conference of Information Commissioners; the Global Privacy Assembly; the European Data Protection Board; the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation; the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe; GIZ; Austrian Development Agency; and the United States Agency for International Development.

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