News

23/06/2021
Point of contact in the Prosecutor’s Office of the Tuzla Canton appointed for cases of hate crimes against LGBTI people

For several years, the Sarajevo Open Centre has focused on sensitizing police officers, prosecutors, judges, and lawyers, as well as increasing LGBTI people’s trust in the...

11/06/2021
More Than a Century: SOC Conducts Research on the History of Queer Life in BiH

‘This has never been a thing here!’ – a sentence summarizing the lack of historical awareness about the LGBTIQ (queer) community, is one of the main arguments for...

01/06/2021
European Union Supports Inclusive Psycho-social Support for LGBTI Persons in Zenica – Doboj Canton

As part of the project “Regionalising LGBTI inclusive psychosocial support and access to mental health services in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, funded by the European...

31/05/2021
The first steps towards more inclusive psychosocial support for LGBTI people in Mostar have been taken

Two one-day trainings on LGBTI inclusive psychosocial support and mental health services were held in Mostar on May 19 and 20 as part of the European Union-funded project...

18/05/2021
Invitation to a round table on the human rights of LGBTI persons

The High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter: HJPC BiH) and Sarajevski otvoreni centar are organizing a round table on the human rights of...

12/05/2021
Darko Pandurević on the adoption of the Law on Same-Sex Unions: We are still at the beginning

The work of the inter-ministerial working group, which focuses on the analysis of regulations within which same-sex unions can exercise their rights and which should propose...