Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic congratulates World Press Freedom Day to all journalists in Serbia, stressing that free, responsible and professional informing is one of the basic values of every democratic society. Freedom of expression and information must not be questioned and journalists should have conditions to perform their job without interruptions…
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On the occasion of International Workers’ Day, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic stresses that it is necessary to work on the improvement of workers’ position more efficiently and reminds that the number of complaints due to discrimination has been the greatest in the area of labor and employment, for years now. Equal…
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On the occasion of the International Roma Day, 8 April, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic congratulates to all Roma men and women their holiday and notes that, beside positive improvements during the previous years, the poverty, difficult access to health care, unemployment and significant social distance, unfortunately, still shape the reality for…
Read Article → On the occasion of the International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic emphasizes that the problem of racial discrimination stands as a great challenge for all modern societies which should be founded on the values of tolerance, equality and respect of human rights. The fact that every…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic submitted a Regular Annual Report about the situation in area of protection of equality in 2017. to the National Parliament of the Republic of Serbia. The majority of complaints were filed because of discrimination on grounds of disability, almost one fifth of the total. Following are the…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic met with Ambassador of the United States of America Kyle Scott, on the occasion of the International Women‘s Day. They discussed further European integration of Serbia and achieving of the goals from Chapter 23. related to respecting of human rights and equality of all social groups, as…
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On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic reminds that the violation of human rights and spread of racial, national and religious hatred and intolerance can lead to catastrophic consequences of widespread proportions. The importance of equality, respect for diversity, and the harmfulness that discrimination can…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic welcomes the list of candidates for the membership in Serbian Academy of Sciences and Art (SANU), which was proposed by the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory. In the current composition, SANU has very few women and therefore it is of the outmost importance that the prominent…
Read Article → Respecting every kind of advocacy for equality of men and women, to which the first Vice-president of the Government Ivica Dacic drew attention, we, as the competent institution, point out that the legislative framework that protects the principle of equality and prohibits any kind of discrimination already exists in the Republic of Serbia. Above all,…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic and Ambassador of Norway Arne Sanes Bjornstad, signed the contract on the realization of the project titled “Strengthening of local anti-discrimination capacities and institutional capacities of Commissioner for the Protection of Equality”. Expressing the gratitude to the Kingdom of Norway for the support, Commissioner Jankovic stressed that…
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