We expect that the Senate will finally have a discussion on the students’ complaints related to hate speech towards LGBTI people, as it just did with the requests to protect the human rights of students who are practicing believers.
Although we’ve seen progress in Kosovo in regard to LGBT rights, implementation of laws, and respect of LGBTI rights, authorities have throughout 2016 still lagged behind in understanding and solving issues that the LGBT community faces in Kosovo’s society.
Recent years in Serbia are marked by evident increase of violence in all social spheres, especially the increase of violence motivated by hatred and prejudice towards LGBTI persons. There are two publicly identified hate crimes in 2016, these attacks were aimed at LGBTI activists.
Although in 2012 the Criminal Code of Serbia has regulated hate crime as aggravated circumstance, this legal institution is so far little used. Judicial institutions are poorly or not at all trained in the use of this particular criminal legislation in practice. Recognizing the gap between the adoption of the regulations and their implementation, Labris saw the need for a commitment to proper implementation of these laws.
October brought us a lot of socializing, talks, workshops, actions, but also one of the last LGBTI parties this year, organized by Sarajevo Open Centre.
November brought even more interesting guests and gatherings in SOC, stay tuned!
On the 32nd thematic session of the Joint Committee for Human Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliament, that took place yesterday (6 December 2016) in Sarajevo, the Special report on rights of LGBT persons in BiH was presented.
The last lecture in the scope of the fourth series of lectures and feminist discussions Somebody said feminism took place on 30 November, the topic being sexual and reproductive health
The contribution of this exhibition reflects in affirmation of BH cultural creativity of women. The exhibition is also a way of pointing at systematic neglect of women and their contribution to BH society and cultural and scientific institutions.
24 hate crimes were recorded in Bosnia in 2015, according to the OSCE human rights office. 12 cases were prosecuted and 3 perpetrators were sentenced, said the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ODIHR.
uthors: Aida Spahić, Almina Šatrović, Amila Mujezinović, Amina Selak, Amira Hasanović, Ammar Zeljković, Bojana Vasić, Dajana Cvjetković, Dalila Mirović, Delila Hasanbegović, Elma Čavčić, Emina Kuštrić, Erma Mulabdić, Hana Ćurak, Hasija Omerbegović, Hatidža Dedović, Izudin Karić, Jasmina Čaušević, Kristina Ljevak, Maida Salkanović, Maida Zagorac, Marina Veličković, Melisa Tolja Mešić, Mersiha Jašarević, Nataša Okilj, Nedžada Avdić, Selma … Continued