Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic strongly condemns the incident that took place in Novi Sad, when two young men of Albanian nationality were beaten and one of them is in a life-threatening situation. Commissioner expects that all authorities will undertake all measures to find and punish the perpetrators, as well as to…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic considers the billboard that advertises the beginning of operations of “Lidl” company as inappropriate and offensive. Visual and text, which portrait woman as a low price and men as a high quality, is a gender stereotype that insults dignity of women. Commissioner Jankovic welcomes the coming of…
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Condemning the insults that Zeljko Veselinovic sent to Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic stated that the work of the Government and politicians may be criticized in an appropriate and decent manner, without offensive, humiliating, degrading and sexist insults. By respecting other people’s differences, we show how much we…
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After the 13 year old boy from the school “Rade Koncar” in Zemun and his mother bravely decided to publicly expose the problem of peer violence against this child that lasted for months, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic appeals to all relevant authorities and services to investigate all circumstances and take the…
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Commissioner for the Protection of equality Brankica Janković would like to warn that certain media report about the murder of a young man in Zemun in an inappropriate and sensational manner. By bringing together the transgender status and the committed murder, and by using offensive expressions and qualifications, they additionally create intolerance and hostility towards…
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In previous days, even months, we are witnessing that media are incresingly publishing cases of abuse and violence against children, exposing their life stories and personal confessions, crossing the boundaries of professional etics and severely violating the rights of children in certain number of media posts, warns Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic….
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic warns that in the last three days only, two women were murdered, while several were physically injured. Appealing to all authorities to fully implement Law on the Prohibition of Domestic Violence, as well as all other available protection measures, in order to stop the increasing trend of…
Read Article → Commissioner Brankica Jankovic condemns discriminatory questions stated in the job advertisement for associates of website Last Minute Ponude, where the candidates were asked to specify their marital status, as well as the number of children and their age. Commissioner reminds that requests to specify marital and family status in the employment process are unjustified, intolerable…
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Brankica Janković, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, condemns press statement of Zoran Đorđević, Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs made at today’s conference organized on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, as offensive and inappropriate. Irrespective of the fact that the Minister quoted Jovan Dučić, famous Serbian poet, such views…
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Regarding the emergence of Nazi salutations during the meeting in Belgrade dedicated to Milan Nedic, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic, condemning such salutations in the strongest way, reminds that the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination forbids the expression of ideas, information and opinions that encourage discrimination and hatred in meetings and…
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