Glušac Luka
Luka Glušac is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade. Before joining the Institute, he spent nine years working in the Secretariat of the Protector of Citizens (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Serbia. In 2018, he was an NHRI Fellow at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva, while in 2019/2020 he was a Programme Manager at the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), where he led the programme of support to ombuds institutions, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. As an international expert, he has supported the strengthening of parliaments and independent oversight bodies in numerous countries (Cameroon, Kenya, Niger, Lebanon, Ukraine, Georgia, Indonesia, the Maldives).
His current research concentrates on independent oversight bodies and their relationship with other actors on different governance levels, with a special focus on their role in weak states. He is also interested in democratic civilian oversight of the security sector. He has published widely in Serbian and English.
Latest publications
- (2022). Universal Periodic Review and Policy Change: The Case of National Human Rights Institutions, Journal of Human Rights Practice, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 285–304.
- (2021). A Critical Appraisal of the Venice Principles on the Protection and Promotion of the Ombudsman: An Equivalent to the Paris Principles?, Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 22-53.
- (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on Ombuds Institutions for the Armed Forces, Briefing Note, DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance, Geneva (with Ajla Kuduzovic).