Advocacy

Sarajevo Open Centre as part of its program of work has been devoted to the advocacy of new public policies and the implementation of existing ones. Our work focuses on rights of LGBT person and women’s rights, but additionally we work on different human rights and general issues of importance to women and LGBT people.

As part of our advocacy work on the rights of LGBT persons in the period from 2015 to 2017 we will focus on:

  • Monitoring the rights of LGBT persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
  • Reporting on the rights of LGBT person, through Pink Report – Annual Report on the Rights of LGBT Persons, and the submissions and reports by domestic institutions and international bodies (ia EU Progress Report, the CEDAW, UPR);
  • legal regulation of the hate crimes and hate speech, and comprehensive introduction of the judiciary and the police on the same;
  • combating discrimination against LGBT people, through changes to existing policies and legislation, the adoption of new and their implementation;
  • legislation and bylaw the access of the rights of trans* persons;
  • legislation and bylaw the rights and obligations arising from the cohabitation of two people of the same sex (life partnership).

LGBT.ba: Interview Saša Gavrić: From The Amendment Of The Law To Better Protection Of Lgbt People

Interview by LGBT.ba Although the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination exists since 2009, until now, no law suit for the discrimination of LGBT people has been raised. On the...

The training for the police officers in Bihać: Hate crime – a topic avoided in practice

The training took place on the 15th September in...

Bosnia Daily: Work Group Debates Amendments to the Antidiscrimination Law

A work group for drafting amendments to the BiH Law on Discrimination Banheld its first meeting, presided by the BiH Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees....

SOC’s amendments as basis for the new BiH Law on Prohibition of Discrimination

Sarajevo Open Centre considers the matter of prohibition of discrimination as one of the key legal instruments of protection LGBT persons and women, target groups with whom...

For the first time, the European Court of Human Rights acknowledges right of same-sex couples to be legally recognised

It will provide LGBTI advocates in the remaining Council of Europe states who do not recognise same-sex couples with compelling arguments for protection....

EU Accession Process encourages the BH executive government to work on LGBT rights

Sarajevo Open Centre also stressed that most laws on state, entity and cantonal level do not include sexual orientation and gender identity as protected ground, which is a direct...