Brankica Janković, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, submitted the 2016 Regular Annual Report to the National Assembly of Serbia. The largest number of complaints pertains to discrimination on the grounds of disability and gender, making one quarter of total number of claims received. These are followed by complaints related to discrimination on the…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Janković welcomed the decision of the Ministry of Justice to appoint 17 certified sign language court interpreters and said that this would improve the position of citizens with disabilities and help them exercise their rights and strengthen their access to services. This is an improvement that will have…
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Brankica Janković, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality congratulates International Women’s Day to all women in Serbia, stressing that despite positive developments, women in our society are still not equal in many aspect of social life. Discrimination of women is most obvious on the labor market, in the area of health services, because of…
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Regarding the beginning of the presidential election campaign, Brankica Janković the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality called on all participants in the election process to demonstrate high level of tolerance and comply with the laws and Constitution of the Republic of Serbia. I would like to emphasize the importance of acting in accordance with…
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The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality continues to support all efforts exerted towards promoting the position of the LGBT population living in Serbia as persons of different sexual orientation still face numerous challenges in their everyday life: hate speech, violence and threats. This is the reason this independent institution, apart from acting on complaints…
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On the occasion of the 3rd of December, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Commissioner Janković pointed out that women with disabilities are exposed to discrimination in all spheres of public and private life, facing barriers in education, health and social care and are poorer and less employed than men with disabilities. Commissioner stated that…
Read Article → On the occasion of the World AIDS Day, the Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Janković underlined that in most cased, persons living with HIV and AIDS are stigmatized in their everyday life and that they face discrimination in all aspects of life, from education and employment to health and social care. Misunderstanding and ignorance…
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Brankica Janković, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality extended best wishes to all senior citizens on the occasion of the 1st October, the International Day of Older Persons. The Commissioner said that in 2015 almost 10 per cent of all complaints received by the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality pertain to alleged discrimination…
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Brankica Janković, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality met with Ana Brnabić, Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-government to talk about next steps in the cooperation between the two institutions. The main topics included future joint activities related to the training of civil servants and those working in local self-government units regarding implementation…
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Brankica Janković, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality stated that the call for awarding scholarships announced by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development cannot not contain the condition requiring candidates to submit a clean bill of health proving that they do not suffering from any contagious diseases, including HIV test results. Namely,…
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