Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic congratulates the International Day for Tolerance, 16 November, to all citizens of Serbia, reminding that equality and tolerance are universal values, cultivated by every democratic society. “No regulation is enough for the achievement of full equality, because it is necessary that every one of us understands the…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic gave lecture on the gender equality, within the final module of „School of Democracy“, organized by the Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability (CRTA) and Open Parliament Initiative, in cooperation with OSCE Mission in Serbia. Addressing the attendants of the lecture, Commissioner accented that the mechanisms for…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic took part in Mentor walk in Belgrade which was organized as the final event within one-year program “Share your knowledge” that has being realized for the seventh time through partnership of OSCE, US Embassy and European Movement in Serbia. Through her work with young women, Commissioner was…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic took part at the Second Conference of Central Eastern European Equality Bodies in Zagreb, organized by Ombudsman for Gender Equality of Croatia. The meeting titled „Challenges of statistical collection based on discrimination“ presents the extension of cooperation that was grounded by the mutual Statement on Cooperation, which…
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The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality is the winner of this year’s Certificate of Recognition for Contribution to Promoting the Right to Free Access to Information of Public Importance and Transparency of Work Awarded by the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection on the occasion of the International Right to…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković said that Serbia has demonstrated that it respects international laws and fosters values of human and tolerant society, but that there were individual instances of a lack of understanding and prejudices of parents whose children should attend school in Šid together with migrant and refugee children. Children…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković met with Ombudsman Ljubinko Mitrović from the Institution of the Ombudsmen for Human Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Both parties stressed the importance of exchanging experiences and good practices geared towards promoting equality and human rights. They also discussed pending cases before both institutions. This working meeting…
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Brankica Janković, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality held a set of lectures at a seminar on cooperation between the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality and the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in the area of discrimination, with a special focus on the mandate of the Parliamentary Committee for Defense and…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic welcomed the opening of Pride Info Center in Belgrade, the first public space in the center of the city where citizens will be able to get information about activities of organizations dealing with rights of LGBT community. Commissioner Jankovic supported the constitution of such center and stressed…
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Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Issues Zoran Djordjevic met with Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic. Main topic of this meeting was amendments to the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination, undertaken in order to harmonize it with European legislative. By adopting these amendments, the protection frame for citizens against discrimination…
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