Regular Annual Reports of the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality and Protector of Citizens were subject of scrutiny of the Parliamentary Judicial, State Administration and Local Government Committee during its Second Session. In addition, the 2015 Report on the Implementation of the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance and the Law…
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Brankica Janković, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality opened an international Conference on Child Rights organized by the Center for Advanced Legal Studies in cooperation with the AIRE Center from London and held at the Belgrade Media Center. The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality stressed the significance of the commitment expressed by the…
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„Discrimination of the Roma – Experience of the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality“ conference was organized by the institution of the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality and supported by the GIZ. The main objective of this conference was to encourage key players tasked with the protection of Roma rights to use equality protection…
Read Article →Brankica Janković, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality took part in a focus group as part of “Position of the elderly in rural areas” project implemented by the institution of the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality and Red Cross of Serbia. The aim of this focus group was to find out how the…
Read Article →The sixth seminar „Mechanisms for detecting and addressing discrimination” was held at the Police Administration Headquarters in Kragujevac. Tanja Jokanović, senior advisor with Professional Service of the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality presented the role and authority of the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality institution, while Belgrade University Law School professor Ivana Krstić…
Read Article →Brankica Janković, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality took part in the final debate on the Draft National Action Plan for the implementation of 1325 UN SC Resolution, “Women, Peace and Security, at the local level. Stressing the fact that gender equality, women’s rights promotion and women’s increased participation in the national security system…
Read Article →Brankica Janković, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality met with H.E. Mr. Kyle Scott the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia and Ana Haćić-Vlahović, political advisor. The Commissioner informed the Ambassador on the Commissioner’s scope of authority and activities while the Ambassador expressed particular interest in the position of the most vulnerable…
Read Article →At the fourth in a string of seminars „Mechanisms for detecting and addressing discrimination” held in Subotica, Brankica Janković, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality presented the work and activities of the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality instituion. On behalf of the OSCE Mission to Serbia Jan Stefan Wredenmark, senior advisor in charge…
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Emila Spasojević, representative of the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality institution, Saša Janković, Republic of Serbia Ombudsman and Aleksandar Resanović, Deputy Commissioner for Public Information and Personal Data Protection presented the scope of work and activities of their respective independent institutions and answered questions posed by citizens in Valjevo, as a part of “Independent…
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Brankica Janković, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality took part in a seminar with national Specialized Bodies organized by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) in Strasbourg. The main topic of this seminar was the role of national specialized bodies in advising legislative and executive authorities as well as other stakeholders. ECRI…
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