No.110-00-2/2025-02 Date: 16.6.2025

Acting within the legally prescribed mandate^[1] to monitor the implementation of laws related to the prohibition of discrimination and to recommend measures to public authorities and other entities aimed at achieving equality and protection against discrimination, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality issues the following

RECOMMENDATION OF MEASURES FOR ACHIEVING EQUALITY AND PROTECTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality recommends that the local self-government unit:

– If free legal aid is not organized within its territory, establish a legal aid service that provides free legal assistance to citizens;

– If a legal aid service providing free legal assistance has already been established within its territory, undertake all appropriate measures to ensure that potential beneficiaries are fully informed of their rights to access free legal aid, as well as the means of exercising and obtaining such aid.

The local self-government unit shall inform the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality about the measures undertaken to implement this recommendation within 30 days of receiving the recommendation of measures for achieving equality.

In accordance with the law, no appeal or other legal remedy is allowed against this recommendation of measures for achieving equality.

[1] Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination (“Official Gazette of RS”, Nos. 22/09 and 52/21), Article 33, para 1, items 7 and 9.

COMMISSIONER FOR THE PROTECTION OF EQUALITY
Brankica Janković