Equality in sports, the importance of equal opportunities, the strength of will, friendship, and good mood were an indispensable part of the action ” Equally towards the goal” held for the thirteenth time as part of the 37th Belgrade Marathon. The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality has been organizing this action for years in…
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The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, met in Petrovac na Mlavi with the president of the National Council of Vlachs, Novica Janošević, and his associates, with whom she discussed the situation in the field of achieving equality and protection against discrimination of the Vlach national minority. The visit was carried out as…
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With the imminent formation of the new Government, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, has sent to mandatary Miloš Vučević a recommendation of measures for promoting equality, related to the need for a balanced representation of women and men in the future Government. In her recommendation, Commissioner Janković states that our country has…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, congratulates all Roma men and women the World Roma Day and points out that April 8 is also an opportunity to point out that progress has been made in the position of the Roma national minority, but that they are still discriminated against and marginalized. The position…
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The Austrian Minister of Justice, Dr. Alma Zadic, visited the institution of the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, and discussed with Commissioner Brankica Jankovic the necessity of respect for human rights, especially the right to equality as a fundamental principle of democracy. Both stressed that equality before the law is a precondition for the…
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The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality submitted to the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia the fourteenth Regular annual report on the protection of equality for 2023. The largest number of citizens’ complaints in 2023 related to discrimination based on age and health status, disability, national affiliation or ethnic origin, gender, marital and…
Read Article → The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, welcomes the decision of the Ministry of Rural Care to accept the Commissioner’s initiative and amend the decree on determining the grant program for the purchase of rural houses with a garden so that the condition related to whether a criminal case has been initiated against…
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The confession of a woman about her experience during childbirth and the death of her baby in the hospital in Sremska Mitrovica, as reported by the media, is deeply moving and worrying. The authorities must determine all the facts of this case. It is high time that we all, together as a society, create a…
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We must empower young people at every step, and if we listen to the strong voices of girls and their proposals, I am sure that we will more easily get rid of gender stereotypes and many prejudices that create obstacles in all spheres of life, said Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, after…
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The team of female students “Draga Ljočić” from the Faculty of Law of the University of Niš is the winner of the tenth jubilee competition “Moot Court”, a trial simulation in the field of protection against discrimination for final year law students, organized by the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality with the support of…
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