Every criminal offence has a name and surname, not a nationality, and if there was cable theft or endangerment of railway traffic during the weekend, that should be dealt with by the police, the prosecution and the competent public enterprises, based on facts and evidence, said the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Milan Antonijević…
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The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Milan Antonijević, condemns the attack on visitors of the queer club “Mornar” during a drag party in Belgrade. Any violence, threats and intimidation motivated by hatred towards LGBTQ+ persons constitute an inadmissible violation of the right to equality and the safety of citizens. He states that the frequent…
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The choice of profession, education and career must not depend on gender roles, and someone’s abilities and competences must not be measured by sex, but by knowledge, expertise and professionalism, said the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Milan Antonijević, regarding the statement of Professor Vladimir Đukić in the program “Ćirilica Milomira Marića” that “women…
Read Article → The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Milan Antonijević, warned that the statement made by the Vice President of the Assembly of Vojvodina, Nemanja Zavišić, who wrote in a Facebook post that “all Croats are Ustashe,” is unacceptable and constitutes a violation of the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination. Vojvodina is a multinational environment…
Read Article → The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Milan Antonijević, strongly condemns calls for violence, threats, and hate speech directed at a family of Albanian nationality in Surdulica, which appeared following a tragic traffic accident in which one human life was lost. Every tragedy requires compassion and dignity, but must not be a cause for collective…
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The misogynistic post by Member of Parliament Petar Bošković on the social network X, directed at the competencies of Biljana Jovanović, employed in the Secretariat of the Ministry of Defence, constitutes sex- and gender-based harassment with the aim of violating dignity based on personal characteristics, which is prohibited by the Law on the Prohibition of…
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In response to media reports about gatherings against foreign workers in Kragujevac, at which discriminatory views based on race, skin color, citizenship, and national affiliation could be heard, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Milan Antonijević, points out that the expression of ideas and opinions that incite discrimination, hatred, or violence against individuals or…
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Comparing students, citizens of the Republic of Serbia, who are walking from Novi Pazar to Novi Sad, to “Islamic fanatics,” “trained extremists,” and calling them “veiled,” “Hamas members,” as has been heard in broadcasts on Informer TV and Pink TV in recent days, is prohibited by law because it constitutes hate speech and creates fear,…
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On the occasion of the violence on the streets across Serbia and the alarming reports of excessive use of force by public order authorities, particularly against minors, journalists, and women, including a case in which a police officer threatened a detained female student with sexual assault, Commissioner Brankica Janković strongly condemns such behavior and appeals…
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On the occasion of increasingly frequent attempts to link an individual’s origin, place of birth, or ancestry with his or her political or other professional activities and engagement, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, recalls that discrimination, hate speech, the expression of discriminatory views, as well as insults and disparagement based on…
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