Database and Archives about Human Rights

DATA ABOUT RESPONDENT

Full name
Mr Sasa Madacki, Director
Name of your institution
University of Sarajevo - Human Rights Centre
Institutions’s country
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Institution’s address
Zmaja od Bosne 8, 71 000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Are you responsible on behalf of the institution
Yes
Your position in the institution
  • Research Infrastructures Operator (scientific/technical)
Your telephone number
+387 33668251
Your email address
sm@hrc.unsa.ba
Institution's website address
http://www.see-hrc.net/

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE OR IMPORTANT RESEARCH EQUIPMENT

Research infrastrcture website
http://www.hrc.unsa.ba/
Organisation / institution type of RI
  • Other: Global

Main scientificdomain: Socio Economic sciences

Category: Data storage & data archives

Other scientific and technological domains served by RI
  • Socio-economic Sciences
  • Humanities
RI type
  • Virtual
Short description

ABOUT

Human Rights Centre, University of Sarajevo is active in the field of social sciences for more than a decade. The Centre has comprehensive data bases and archives. It is a research institution, supported mostly by public partnership, of, as stated, global importance. As an organizational unit of the University, it was founded with aim to provide University with a possibility to organize and enable itself for the confident and expert realization of international activities in the field of humanities, i.e. human rights research.

OPERATION AND UPGRADE OF RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND OR IMPORTANT RESEARCH EQUIPMENT

Years in operation
  • 0 – 5 years
Comment on cooperation
In order to establish and strengthen collaboration with centres of excellence, collaboration through joint research projects and exchange of research staff are mentioned as possible ways of realization. Also, need for additional assistance, especially financial incentives, in establishing partnerships with potential EU and regional partners has been indicated. Currently, Austria, Serbia, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro are identified as main cooperation partners. Exchange of researchers and joint research projects are main ways of carrying out the international cooperation. No data on granted access to the infrastructure are provided.

STAFF, INTERNAL USERS AND EXTERNAL USERS

Short description of access policy and procedures for users of this research infrastructure
Its research infrastructure is open towards external users, which is enabled mainly through FP projects. Next, no specific requirements, or limitations for researchers from EU, WBC and third countries when scientific collaboration (short and long term) is concerned are foreseen. As for the access policy, it is open to all researchers interested in Human Rights Research focused on WB. There are no differences to access to different groups of researchers.

FINANCE

Main sources of funding for setting up RI or important equipment
  • National public funding
  • Multinational/international public funding
Main sources of funding for operational costs
  • National public funding
  • Multinational/international public funding

SCIENTIFIC IMPACT

RESEARCH SERVICES PROVIDED TO USERS AND RESEARCHERS

Research services provided to users and researchers
Archives and databases from the field of Human Rights

Entry created by Elke Dall on February 17, 2010
Modified on September 11, 2012