Sarajevo Open Centre is the coordinating organization of The Initiative for Monitoring the European Integration of BiH which made the fourth in a row Alternative Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina and its path towards the European Union membership. The report is a joint effort of dozens of individuals and organizations, whose common goal was to … Continued
Summer 2016 is bringing us internal changes. Saša Gavrić and Feđa Bobić are leaving Sarajevo Open Centre and Emina Bošnjak is becoming the new Executive Director of the organization. After five years of intensive work, July 2016 is bringing us significant internal changes. One of the founders of the organization and hitherto Executive Director of … Continued
In order to prevent and combat hatred-motivated crimes, each individual can make his or her own contribution. First of all, we can report these incidents to competent authorities and fully cooperate to help their efficient processing.
Six years after Republika Srpska and Brčko District, Federation of BiH also regulated hate crimes through its Criminal Code. The amendments to the Criminal Code of FBiH including hate crime regulation were adopted in the FBiH’s Parliament in April of 2016, but were only published in the FBiH’s Official Gazette No 46/16 on 15th of … Continued
Protecting LGBT persons from discrimination requires the application of the principles of protection of human dignity, non-discrimination and privacy to all individuals. The EU stays committed to defending and promoting the values of equality, tolerance and respect for each other not only in the European Union but also worldwide
The Final Conference namedIt is time for same-sex partnership in BiH: Private and family life of LGBTI people of the EU-funded project “Enhancing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans rights in BiH in line with EU the standards” thwill take place on Thursday, 30 June 2016.
On Tuesday, 21 June 2016 the last lectures and discussions at this year’s Žarana Papić School of Feminism took place.
By Mel Hattie, Photographers Without Borders Sarajevo is a city unlike my own. The language is Bosnian; Islam is the majority religion; the coolest place to hang out is an old Ottoman market; there’s a nostalgia for communism; the youth unemployment rate is 60 per cent; downtown buildings are riddled with bullet holes; and there … Continued
On Saturday, 18 June 2016 the lectures and discussions of the module Culture, ideology, ethics at this year’s Žarana Papić School of Feminism took place.
On Tuesday, 14 June 2016 the lectures and discussions of the facultative modules – Culture, ideology, ethics and Gender equality and public policy at this year’s Žarana Papić School of Feminism took place.