May 21, 2024

no. 021-01-979/2024-02 date: 21.5.2024.

Acting within the competences prescribed by law[1] to monitor the implementation of laws concerning the prohibition of discrimination and submit recommendations for measures to public authorities and other persons for the achievement of equality and protection against discrimination, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality refers to the Ministry of Sports the following

RECOMMENDATION OF MEASURES FOR ACHIEVING EQUALITY AND PROTECTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

In order to achieve equality and protection against discrimination, the Commissioner recommends the Ministry of Sports to:

– prepare a proposal for a strategic document for the development of sports that specifically defines the area, i.e., the goal related to the development of women’s sports and its promotion at all levels, taking into account the different personal characteristics of women in sports (such as age, health status, disability, etc.), with the aim of popularizing and improving women’s sports, achieving gender equality and preventing and suppressing gender-based violence in sports;

– when creating measures and activities for the realization of this goal, takes into account the need to increase investment in women’s sports, the provision and distribution of funds for these purposes.

The Ministry of Sports should inform the Commissioner of the actions taken within 30 days of receiving the recommendation of measures to achieve equality.

Against this recommendation of measures to achieve equality, in accordance with the law, no appeal or any other legal remedy is allowed.

[1]Law on Prohibition of Discrimination (“Official Gazette of the RS”, Nos. 22/09 and 52/21), Article 33, Paragraph 1, Item 9)

COMMISSIONER FOR THE PROTECTION OF EQUALITY
Brankica Jankovićи

RECOMMENDATION OF MEASURES FOR ACHIEVING EQUALITY AND PROTECTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION