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02/03/2016
It is high time for the Parliament of FBiH’s House of Peoples to adopt the Law on amendments to the Criminal Code of FBiH

Federation of BiH has been urged to adopt regulation to combat hate crimes since 2010, when Republika Srpska and Brčko District adopted it, and it is high time to do...

26/02/2016
The Orange Report 2016 – Annual Report on the State of Women’s Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group of authors The Orange Report 2016 – Annual Report on the State of Women’s Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo: Sarajevo Open Centre, Helsinki Citizens’...

25/02/2016
How to Move Forward: Regional Exchange of Knowledge and Best Practices – EU integration and LGBT rights

Sarajevo Open Centre, with the sponsorship of Višnja Ljubičić, Ombudswoman for Gender Equality of the Republic of Croatia, is organizing a study visit Croatian Integration in...

25/02/2016
Marking the 8th of March in the Parliament of the Federation of BiH

Sarajevo Open Centre, as an organization which advocates the full respect of human rights and the social inclusion of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans*) persons and women...

23/02/2016
Program of the Sarajevo Open Centre for the International Women’s Day – 8 March 2016

The idea and the symbolism of 8th of March is linked to the beginning of industrialization and 1857 when the textile workers in New York organized themselves to draw attention to...

23/02/2016
The Lecture We Shouldn’t Miss – On Homosexuality in Yugoslavia

On our second gathering in SOC this year, with the LGBT community, this time we hosted Franko Dota, historian, doctoral student of modern and contemporary history at the Faculty...