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…
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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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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic congratulates the Human Rights Day, 10 December, to all citizens of Serbia, reminding that one of the basic and guaranteed rights is – the right of every person not to be discriminated and to be equal. All relevant researchers, as well as data from the submitted complaints,…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic took part at the session of the Women’s Parliament in the Parliament of Montenegro, where she spoke about the activities of the Republic of Serbia in the area of prevention and suppression of partner and domestic violence. The session, which was opened by the President of the…
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On the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic stressed that their position has to be improved more intensively in all areas of social life. Disability continues to be at the top of the discrimination grounds in this year as well, according to the number…
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In conjunction with the Bulgarian presidency of the European Union, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic visited Sofia where she met with the president of the Commission for Protection against Discrimination Anne Dzumaliev and Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Policy Zornica Dimitrova Rusinova. Commissioner Jankovic stressed that women and persons with…
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On the occasion of the World AIDS Day, 1 December, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic reminds that persons who live with HIV and AIDS are still exposed to discrimination in almost all areas of life and that their problems are practically invisible in public. Commissioner emphasizes that it is necessary to take…
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On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic stated that improvements were notable after the amendments of the Law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence and tightening of the penal policy, but that protection system and prevention of gender based violence…
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