In the next two years, SOC and partner organizations will actively participate in third cycle of Universal Periodic Review on human rights in BiH, a mechanism of United Nations Human Rights Council for enhancement of human rights in member states.
Women’s Association JADAR from Konjević Polje, the Public Library “Muhamed Kantardžić” from Breza and Sarajevo Open Centre organized the book promotion „They belong to us, today“, and two discussions about how Bosnian-Herzegovinian administrative, political, economic, educational and cultural reality affects the private and public feminist action in Breza, Tuzla, Sarajevo and Konjević Polje. The participants … Continued
In scope of the program for marking 16 Days of Activism, Sarajevo Open Centre (SOC), on 3 December 2018 in Sarajevo, held the training for psychologists and psychiatrists named “Medical aspects of gender reassignment: On adequate, trans specific and inclusive services and support providing to trans persons in the transition process”.
On December 10, 2018 we will organize a conference on peer violence and bullying named Differences-induced peer violence: experiences and recommendations, within the project Reducing bullying in BH schools, supported by Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in BiH. The aim of the conference is to open a discussion on bullying and peer violence … Continued
The Public Library “Muhamed Kantardžić” from Breza, Women’s Association JADAR from Konjević Polje and Sarajevo Open Centre invite you to the book promotion „One su naše danas“, and to discussions about how Bosnian-Herzegovinian administrative, political, economic, educational and cultural reality affects the private and public feminist action in Breza, Konjević Polje and BiH. We use … Continued
The Friedrich Ebert Foundation and Sarajevo Open Center, by launching the Equality Academy, aimed to create a new platform for political leadership and the space for joint activities of deputy leaders, leaders of political parties and civil society organizations in BiH. The fourth generation of the Equality Academy is intended for the councilors of municipal … Continued
Watch the talk-show Context ( Aljazeera Blakans) on peer violence (only on BCS language). One of the guests was Slobodanka Dekić, researcher and author of the publication “Međuvršnjačko nasilje na osnovu različitosti – iskustava i preporuke”. This publication was created within the project “Reducing bullying in BH schools”. This project is supported by Embassy of … Continued
We organize this conference with the aim to present to the BH society issues that LGBTI persons in BiH face – to the public and all interested actors, as well as to present the good practice of the countries from the region in this field, and also the ways to prevent and sanction domestic violence.
Sarajevo Open Centre is implementing a project “Protecting Affected Communities: Improving the implementation of hate crime regulation in Bosnia and Herzegovina “. The project is financially supported by Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the OSCE in Vienna, and it included four half-day trainings in period from February to July 2018. named “Hate crimes, how to report violence to the police and prosecutor’s office”.
Authors: Dalila Bašić i Amina Dizdar Domestic Violence Expirienced by LGBTI persons: Analysis and Recommendations Nasilje u porodici nad LGBTI osobama: Analiza stanja i preporuke Sarajevo: Sarajevo Open Centre, 2018