On the occasion of 16 November, International Day for Tolerance, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, supported by OSCE Mission in Serbia, will award the best media articles and reports on combating discrimination and promotion of equality and tolerance with Annual Media Award, for a third year in a row. Contest goal is media promotion…
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Contest for the older people best travel story „Dragan’s award“ organized by Association “Strenght of friendship“ Amity was held for the third year in a row. Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, complimented the engagement of older people and said that dominant image of people in that age is unfortunately – „we are…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, took part at the conference “Human rights in Serbia – reality or farce?”, organized by Forum ZDF and Danas daily newspaper in Center for Cultural Decontamination. Mechanisms for protection of human rights in Serbia exist also for protection against discrimination. I do not deny that there are…
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On a second day of Old Age Fair 55+, Office for old people’s health, City Institute for Public Health Belgrade and magazine Penzija handed the „Friend of old people’s health“ status charter to Brankica Janković, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, for contribution to combating discrimination of our oldest citizens, improvement of equality, as well…
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Minister of Justice, Nela Kuburović, met today with Brankica Janković, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, and discussed with her the improvement of anti-discrimination norms and position of sensitive groups. Kuburović and Janković agreed that there is a need for more efficient implementation of anti-discrimination legislation that would additionally improve rights of persons belonging to…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, delivered a speech launching a recital that marked the beginning of the Fourth Old Age Fair hosted at the Belgrade Fair. Cross-generation cooperation and solidarity are not only part of what it means to be human, they constitute the fundamentals of every society including our own. Digital…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, gave lecture to doctoral students at Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade, within a class “Control and regulatory bodies and sector policies”. Commissioner presented the role, position and relations of institution of Commissioner for the Protection of Equality with other state authority bodies in Republic of Serbia,…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, gave lecture to students of the fourth year of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade on the role of the institution of the Commissioner in combating discrimination and protection of equality. Commissioner presented several examples from the institution’s practice as well as some of the cases where…
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Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic took part in an international conference in Zagreb ” Protection of human rights and strengthening democracy in Europe: combatting terrorism- freedom of speech- coexistence” which was on highest level, on the occasion of 25th anniversary of the Croatian Ombudsman . Conference was opened by Ombudsman Lora Vidovic and…
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Brankica Janković, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, met with Karla Robin Hershey, the new UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Serbia. Commissioner introduced UN Resident Coordinator to work, mandate, instruments and actions of Commissioner for the Protection of Equality and also to institution activities planned for the following period. It was concluded…
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