No. 07-00-221/2025-02    Date:  14.10.2025.

Acting within the competences prescribed by law to monitor the implementation of legislation relating to the prohibition of discrimination and to issue recommendations of measures to public authorities and other entities for the achievement of equality and protection against discrimination, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality issues to the Institute for Health Protection of Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

A RECOMMENDATION OF MEASURES FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF EQUALITY AND PROTECTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

For the purpose of ensuring equality of all candidates and employees in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and preventing potential discrimination based on personal characteristics – appearance and health status, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality recommends to the Institute for Health Protection of Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to:

– starting from anti-discrimination regulations, review and revise the List of Morbid Conditions by examining whether all diseases and conditions on the List have an essential impact and objectively constitute an obstacle, that is, an excluding condition for obtaining a positive assessment of medical fitness for work in the police, namely whether the established excluding criteria and standards are appropriate and necessary, i.e., objectively justified by a legitimate aim in terms of standards of medical fitness for performing the duties of a police officer.

The Institute for Health Protection of Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is required to inform the Commissioner of the of the measures undertaken within 30 days from the receipt of this Recommendation of Measures for the Achievement of Equality.

In accordance with the law, no appeal or any other legal remedy is allowed against this Recommendation of Measures for the Achievement of Equality.

COMMISSIONER FOR THE PROTECTION OF EQUALITY

Brankica Janković