Statements

Statement on the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

On the occasion of 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic warns that domestic violence is still an enormous social problem that shows in the most drastic way that system of protection and prevention of gender based violence must be more efficient. In order…

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Commissioner established Annual Reward for the Municipality / City of Equal Opportunities

Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, as the central state institution whose mandate is to promote equality in all social relations and to protect all social groups against discrimination established the ANNUAL AWARD FOR MUNICIPALITY / CITY OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES for all local self-governments in Serbia, with aim to promote and strengthen equality in all…

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Statement on the occasion of World Day for Decent Work

On the occasion of 7 October, World Day for Decent Work, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic stresses that the right to work is one of the basic human rights and that we all should work intensively to create conditions for all people, to be able to provide decent living for them and…

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Warning regarding the insulting of Prime Minster Ana Brnabic

Condemning the insults that Zeljko Veselinovic sent to Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic stated that the work of the Government and politicians may be criticized in an appropriate and decent manner, without offensive, humiliating, degrading and sexist insults. By respecting other people’s differences, we show how much we…

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Statement about Proposal for the assessment of constitutionality

Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic submitted a Proposal for assessing of constitutionality and legality of several provisions of the Law on the Financial Support for the Family with Children to the Constitutional Court of Serbia. In the Proposal for assessing of constitutionality, Commissioner Jankovic points out, among other things, to the unequal…

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Statement regarding the recommendation to Minister Popovic

Regarding the numerous media issues related to the recommendation to the Minister for Innovation and Technological Development Nenad Popovic to apologize to the LGBT community due to a discriminatory statement, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic said that the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination is clear, the same for all, that…

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Commissioner Jankovic congratulates Serbian Para Athletes

Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic sends sincere greetings to Serbian para athletes Milos Zaric, Nebojsa Djuric, Zeljko Dimitrijevic who won golden medals in their disciplines, as well as to Milos Mitic, Drazenko Mitrovic, Dusko Sretenovic, Nemanja Dimitrijevic and Saska Sokolov who won bronze medals at the European Para Athletics Championship in Berlin….

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Commissioner’s Initiative to improve position of older citizens in rural areas

Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic sent an Initiative to the Ministry of Labor, Veteran and Social Issues for the amendment of the Law on Social Protection, in part related to defined size of land area as a general condition for the realization of right to financial aid for individuals or families. The…

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Ministry of Health acted upon the recommendation issued by Commissioner Brankica Jankovic in case of Special Hospital for Internal Diseases in Vrnjacka Banja

Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic welcomes the Minister of Health decision to dismiss the management and solve the problem in Special Hospital for Internal Diseases in Vrnjacka Banja, where dialysis machines have been out of function since ten years ago. This decision came after Commissioner issued a recommendation of measures aimed to…

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Announcement regarding the European Commission Recommendations related to equality bodies

European Commission adopted Recommendation on equality bodies’ standards in order to ensure independence and improve efficiency of national equality bodies. With this Recommendation, the standards related to authority of equality institutions are defined, including resources and adequate powers.   National equality bodies are the central element of institutional system for the protection of equality. Those…

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