Protector of Citizens (Ombudsman)

Under Saša Janković, it found that the police had acted unlawfully in Savamala and that the Interior Ministry and the Defence Ministry had failed in their duties after the incident at the Pride Parade, after which, according to its report, a campaign to discredit it was launched by top officials. Under Zoran Pašalić, it concluded after the 2020 protests that the police had not exceeded their powers, and only later found that force had been used unlawfully; in Valjevo in 2025, according to a note published by CINS, it found no irregularities, and it shelved the cases of torture from the protests. Its team visited the prison in Padinska Skela two days before an inmate died and recorded no abuse. Employees are pursuing workplace harassment cases, and in October 2023 they filed two criminal complaints; the January 2025 call for applications for deputies is posted on its website alongside the decision to cancel it.

Affairs

• Andrej Obradović: complaint against police officers dismissed: It opened proceedings on suspicion that the police officers had exceeded their powers
• Novi Sad activists charged with overthrowing the constitutional order
• Campaign against Ombudsman Saša Janković: It found failings by the Interior Ministry and the Defence Ministry and publicly recommended that Gašić and Cvetković be dismissed
• Krušik: arms sales to the GIM company: It sent the Interior Ministry an urgent request to clarify the legal basis for arresting Obradović on Krušik's premises
• Vietnamese workers at the Linglong factory in Zrenjanin: In 2021 it stated that all foreign workers had work permits, but according to the Labour Inspectorate only 35 of 353 had a permit
• Marko Kričak threatened to rape a student in the Government garage
• SNS supporters attack citizens in Vrbas and Bačka Palanka
• Attacks on journalists
• Obrenovac flood: late warning and evacuation: He stated that no one had recorded any panic and that the Constitution prohibits all censorship
• Workplace bullying allegations against Ombudsman Zoran Pašalić
• Pećinci: opposition supporters' children removed from preschool: Opened proceedings to review the lawfulness of the Provincial Secretariat for Education's handling of the kindergarten case
• Fifth Belgrade Grammar School: teacher dismissals and suspensions: He launched a review of the legality of the ministry's work over complaints about the acting principal; the outcome is not known
• Police beat citizens at blockades in Belgrade
• Police violence in Valjevo: He based his inspection of the Valjevo Police Department on police records and found no irregularities; a year on, the proceedings have still not been concluded
• Police violence at the protests against the curfew: He launched a review of police conduct and found impermissible force, unidentified officers and violations of citizens' physical integrity
• Anti-money laundering administration ran checks on journalists and NGOs: He announced a review of the Administration's procedure, saying it was acting in line with the law and that he would respond if the conditions were not met
• The Savamala case: demolition in Hercegovačka Street: Found that the Belgrade police acted unlawfully and that the city administration applied the law selectively during the clean-up after the demolition
• Death of Dalibor Dragijević at the police station in Bor: According to Vladica Ilić of the BCHR, it is refusing to give him information on the progress of the oversight procedure and is taking part in covering up the death
• Death of Stanimir Brajković in Padinska Skela prison: Two days before the death, his team recorded no abuse in the prison and rated the staff's work as good practice
• NoviSpy: spyware on activists' phones: It opened proceedings after the report, which were still ongoing in February 2025
• Zijin in Bor and Majdanpek: pollution, relocations and workers: On 19 May 2026, launched an inquiry into the Bor city administration over around 40 Roma households on the edge of the old pit
• “Sound cannon” at Belgrade protest: It opened proceedings over claims that a sound cannon was used on 15 March; no outcome of the proceedings has been found

People

• Zoran Pašalić: ombudsman
• Saša Janković: Ombudsman