Sarajevo Open Centre (SOC), on the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), May 17, 2015, presented Pink Report 2018, an annual report on the state of human rights of LGBTI persons in BiH covering 2017 and beginning of 2018.
On April 17 2018, the European Commission published a report which precedes the opinion of BiH’s application for EU membership, and in 2018 an opinion is going to be published with the analytical report. The findings of this report indicate that no progress has been made in BiH in key areas over the past two … Continued
On the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), Sarajevo Open Centre launched a media campaign with the focus on the importance and need for the institutions, our allies, supporters and friends to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex persons. Support and common struggle are necessary for equality and better life … Continued
The everyday advocacy of non-governmental organisations for the equality of LGBTI persons is faced with constant administrative obstacles, most often in the area of freedom of assembly, despite the existence of the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination.
In this report, Bosnia and Herzegovina received a rating of 31%, which means that no progress has been made compared to the previous year.
Read the text from the Bljesak.info on peer and cyber violence (only on BCS language). The text was created within the project “Reducing bullying in BH schools”. This project is supported by Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Emina Bošnjak, Vladana Vasić, Darko Pandurević, Liam Isić, Jozo Blažević, Lejla Huremović
Pink Report 2018 – Annual Report on the State of Human Rights of LGBTI People in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Report covers the period from January 2017 to the end of April 2018.
Sarajevo: Sarajevo Open Centre.
The institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina are unprepared in treating the increase of migrants and refugees in our country, which has directly reflected on the conditions these people have found themselves in. The reports of the volunteers who, on a daily basis, work with the persons who seek asylum in BiH, protection from persecution from their countries, or pass through BiH on their way towards the EU countries, state that the centres for accommodation are full, that they lack food and have no conditions for dignified living.
In May one of the more important international days related to the human rights of LGBTI persons has been marked – the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. On that occasion, yesterday Sarajevo Open Centre organised the regional conference on human rights of LGBTI persons named Freedom of assembly: Right for all or privilege for … Continued
THE PROGRAM FOR MARKING IDAHOT ( INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA AND BIPHOBIA) IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MAY 2018. Since 2005, May 17 is marked as the international day of fighting against homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. This day is being marked in more than 130 countries worldwide and has been officially recognized by many … Continued
On Saturday, 28 April, in the scope of the Module 1,Miloš Urošević, an activist from the Belgrade from organization Women in black, told attendees of this year’s Feminist School, Žarana Papić about the ideas and goals of radical feminism. Urošević, the radical feminist himself, first contextualized the radical feminist movement, stressing that he belongs to … Continued