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).

MoI of Canton Sarajevo designated contact persons to work with LGBT people

Sarajevo Open Centre has received a memo from the Ministry of the Interior of Canton Sarajevo regarding the establishment of a position of contact persons, police officers, to...

Oslobođenje.ba, April 7, 2014 – Training on Criminal Acts Motivated by Hate on SOGI grounds

Trening za policijske službenike iz Odjela krimpolicije (OKP) i dežurne službe u policijskim upravama, Uprave policije MUPKS-a „Krivičnim djelima počinjenim iz mržnje na...

On Hate Crimes in BiH

Author: Edina Sprečaković Can you imagine a situation in which graffiti reading Serbs Should be Hanged or Kill the Fags welcomed you beneath your window? Would you be bothered...

More Than 1000 Police Officers of Canton Sarajevo Will Receive Training on Crimes Against LGBT People

At the premises of the Support Unit of the Ministry for Internal Affairs of Canton Sarajevo, the first two trainings were held on sexual orientation and gender identity as for...

Discrimination and hate crime as a priority for EU

Following the visit of the Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Štefan Füle last week to BiH, when he i.a. talked to a broad and diverse group of...

18 cases of hate crime and over 20 cases of hate speech against LGBT people in BiH in 2013

Report Homophobic and transphobic hate crimes and incidents in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Data collected from March to November 2013 is the product of the hate crime monitoring and...