Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic spoke at the opening of exhibition of LGBT persons photo portraits and stories titled „Invisible Stories“ by author Iva Vejinovic, held within the Pride Week in French Institute in Serbia. Commissioner stated that cultural and art activities, especially like this one, which requires personal courage from its…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic participated in the 5th regional conference “Digital”, dedicated to the latest telecommunication and media trends and organized by Color Media Communications. There is no future without digitalization, which is an imperative for achieving of general progress, estimates Commissioner Jankovic and stresses that we must not become alienated…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic held a final training aimed to strengthening of civil society organizations capacities in area of protection against discrimination and awarded diplomas to the attendees. Representatives of 16 civil society organizations that deal with protection of human rights from whole Serbia attended this three-day training. Civil society organizations,…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic participated in the promotion of Human Development Paper for the Republic of Serbia, which is dedicated to decreasing of inequality. She stated that such studies are extremely important for many institutions, including Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, because they contribute to better comprehension of the situation…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic opened the meeting dedicated to the presentation of manuals for combating discrimination “Guide for Situational Testing of Discrimination” and “Guide for Strategic Litigation”, produced in cooperation of Commissioner for the Protection of Equality and Center for Improvement of Legal Studies. Manuals are dedicated to civil society organizations,…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic attended the presentation of book “Women and Sport” by author Prof. dr Milka Djukic. Expressing her congratulations to author for the book, which deserves great attention because of many prejudices related to women’s success in sport, Commissioner said that it presents a crucial issue for the development…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic had a meeting with outgoing Deputy Ambassador of Germany Aleksandar Jung and incoming Deputy Ambassador Dorothea Giesmann. During the discussion with Commissioner, Jung stressed the importance of institution of Commissioner for upgrade of the position of sensitive social groups in Serbia, improvement of equality and suppression of…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic and employees from our institution took part in workshops dedicated to children and youth, which are being held within 10th Serbian Scout Association Rally at Ada Ciganlija. Children are not burdened by prejudices and differences among people and therefore it is important to extensively work on their…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Janković participated in counselling “Court practice in the field of anti-discrimination legislation” organized by the Judicial Academy with the support of OSCE. Commissioner Janković talked about previous activities on the harmonization of court practice in the field of non-discrimination and about experiences in the Commissioner’s practice in strategic…
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In the framework of the implementation of projects ” Strengthening the capacities of institutions and organizations in Serbia in order to adequately apply legislation in the field of human rights and the prohibition of discrimination”, implemented by the Center for European Policy (CEP) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Serbia, in cooperation with the Commissioner for the Protection…
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