On the occasion of 10 December, the International Human Rights Day, Brankica Janković the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality presented Media Manual “Fighting for Equality”, that was developed with the support of the OSCE Mission in Serbia. Commissioner said that the Manual was not intended as a textbook, but rather as a tool for…
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Brankica Janković, the Commisioner for the Protection of Equality attended the awards ceremony for judges who completed a one-year training program “Train the trainer in anti-discrimination” organized by the Judicial Academy and Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, with the support of the OSCE Mission in Serbia. After the final test, eight judges of higher…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Janković visited Čačak and spoke at the press conference which was organized as one of the activities on the occasion of „16 days of activism against violence“ by Civil association Laris and local authorities of Čačak Municipality. At the meeting with Mayor of Čačak Milun Todorović, Deputy Mayor…
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Today’s seminar and workshop on Divčibare marked the end of the training course „Recognition and Reaction to Discrimination“ for police officers, organized by the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality and OSCE Mission in Serbia. Training sessions were held in eight different municipalities throughout Serbia, namely in Belgrade, Kragujevac, Vršac, Niš, Novi Sad, Subotica, Novi…
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Women with disabilities are exposed to multiple discrimination, they are poor, find employment less often than men with disabilities and often remain invisible in the public life, stated the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Janković at the„Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities“ Conference, held on 3 December, the International Day of Persons…
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Brankica Janković, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality gave a lecture to students of social-humanistic sciences on equality protection and active engagement of women in politics. Commissioner gave a brief presentation on the institution, the complaints process and cases with the most common rights violations and talked to students about complaints and ways of…
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Brankica Janković , the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality attended „Significance of Informal Parliamentary Groups“ session presented by the Group for Empowering Persons with Disability and Women Parliamentary Network, which represent important examples of contemporary parliamentary activity in cooperation with organizations of civil society. Janković stressed that Commissioner for the Protection of Equality has…
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Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Janković held a lecture to students of the School of Human Rights „Vojin Dimitrijević“. Lecture was held in House of Human Rights in Belgrade. Commissioner gave a brief presentation on the institution, the complaints process and cases with the most common rights violations and talked to students about complaints…
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Exploitation of children and their work can be both the cause and the consequence of discrimination and inequality, said Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Janković and called on key stakeholders to extend support to vulnerable families, especially by implementing prevention measures, in order to terminate child labor in all areas. Many poor households…
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The Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic held a lecture to student members of the Law Clinic on Discrimination of the University of Belgrade- Faculty of Law. The topic of the lecture was the role and jurisdiction of the Commissioner for Protection of Equality and methods of protection from discrimination, with special emphasis on…
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