Author: Edina Sprečaković Can you imagine a situation in which graffiti reading Serbs Should be Hanged or Kill the Fags welcomed you beneath your window? Would you be bothered if you were not the one targeted by this graffiti? Can you put yourself in the skin of the person experiencing fear and uncertainty on a … Continued
At the premises of the Support Unit of the Ministry for Internal Affairs of Canton Sarajevo, the first two trainings were held on sexual orientation and gender identity as for police officials of Sarajevo Canton as part of the continuous training and field work of the police in the community. Support was provided by the … Continued
Author: Masha Durkalić Photo: Lejla Huremović, BH Dani private archives Coming Out as the Boldest Move There are LGBT persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina who have been brave enough to share a very important segment of their identity with the people surrounding them – their sexual orientation and / or their gender identity. It is … Continued
On Dec. 14, 2012, Kosovo 2.0 magazine was due to launch its fourth issue, themed around sex and including LGBTQ voices. The organizers had planned an entire day of screenings, readings, and debates, with a party in the evening. Although the magazine wasn’t widely known, this was going to be Kosovo 2.0’s highest-profile event. It … Continued
Razgovarala: Masha Durkalić Foto: Lejla Huremović Ove godine se obilježava 100 godina od početka Prvog svjetskog rata, a svoj doprinos ovoj godišnjici dat će i nevladina organizacija Sarajevski otvoreni centar radom na rekonstrukciji historije žena u BiH u posljednjih 100 godina. Grupa autora i autorica počela je raditi na prikupljanju i povezivanju građe koja će … Continued
Recently, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2013 Human Rights Report was published, and in its summary it emphasizes that the government corruption and dysfunction remained among the country’s most serious problems and impeded citizens’ rights to basic services, and that human rights violations include discrimination and violence against women and LGBT people. LGBT human rights violations are … Continued
On March 27, 2014, Sarajevo Open Centre unveiled to the European delegation its written submission to the Women’s Rights Progress Report in front of the Women’s Network. The contribution was completed with cooperation from the CURE Foundation, Rights for All, the Helsinki Parliament of Citizens of Banja Luka, Women for Women Sarajevo, UDIK, and kolektiv.ba. … Continued
For the upcoming Universal Periodical Review of BiH for the UN Council for Human Rights, BiH CSOs have prepared four statements. Sarajevo Open Centre made its contribution to two of the four reports as a participant of an informal coalition for human rights that gathered 20 CSOs from BiH under the Sexual Rights Initiative. Sarajevo … Continued
– For me the decision of becoming a human rights activist came from the fact that I cannot simply ignore inequality when I see it. I believe that discrimination against one group is the responsibility of all of us, and therefore I make of this struggle my way of living, says Mariña Barreiro from the … Continued
Following the visit of the Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Štefan Füle last week to BiH, when he i.a. talked to a broad and diverse group of representatives from the civil society at the European Union Delegation, several of those organizations have sent a written submission to set priorities to expand the framework … Continued