Final audit report of the DRL project
Final audit report of the project Utilizing European Integration Processes for the Advancement of LGBT Rights in the Western Balkans for the period of July 28, 2015 to December 31, 2017
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Pink report 2017: On-Going Practice Of Human Rights Violations
In the following period we will publish articles from our Annual Report on the State of Human Rights of LGBTI People in Bosnia and Herzegovina Failure to Prosecute the Attack on 2014 Merlinka Festival and Attack on Art Kino Kriterion on 4 March 2016 On 1 February 2014, a group of 14 masked men burst … Continued
Outside the Law: Legal Regulation of Same-sex Partnership in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Natalija Petrić, Boris Krešić, Gordan Bosanac, Goran Selanec i Fedra Idžaković Outside the Law: Legal Regulation of Same-sex Partnership in Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo: Sarajevski otvoreni centar Publication available only in B/C/S language
Training for psychotherapists – “We are ready to provide support to LGBT people!”
In March this year, Sarajevo Open Centre, organized two-day training for a group psychologists and psychotherapists from Sarajevo and Banja Luka.
BH Council of Ministers will mark IDAHOT and Coming Out Day from 2017 on
Council of Ministers of BiH has adopted its Important dates in the field of human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina marking programme. Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of BiH was appointed to realise this Programme in the appropriate way and in cooperation with other relevant institutions. You can finf this Programme in BCS in … Continued
Government of the Federation of BiH has included the rights of LGBT people in their action plans
In 2015 the Government of Republika Srpska adopted the Annual Operational Plan for Implementation of the Gender Action Plan, which, among other things, includes provisions for promotion and protection of LGBT persons. The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted their Operational Plan in 2016. On 04.03.2016 the Government of the Federation of … Continued
The Citizens’ Response to Hate Crime and Homophobic Violence
Art Kriterion Cinema in Sarajevo is a place that promotes independent art, but also a space where many LGBT art events take place. It has been a target of another attack spurred by homophobia, following the attack on the participants in the Merlinka Festival in February 2014. On Friday, 4 March 2016, there was a … Continued
Attack in Art Cinema Kriterion: Prosecutor’s Office Must Urgently Prosecute Homophobic Attacks
On Friday night, March 4, 2016, staff and the visitors of Art Cinema Kriterion in Sarajevo were victims of a homophobic attack. Four young men stormed into Kriterion yelling homophobic slurs, threatening with violence, throwing bottles, ashtrays, and glasses. They also threatened to throw a bomb in case the members of Kriterion’s staff of call … Continued
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 the EU and the Rights of LGBT people to take place on March 2-4, 2016 in Zagreb, Croatia. The goal of the study visit is the exchange of experience … Continued
Queer Film Festival „Merlinka“ slowly taking over Bosnia and Herzegovina
International Film Festival „Merlinka“ that was first organized in Belgrade back in 2009, began and continued as a film festival that promotes films with gay, lesbian and transgender topics, that make it difficult to reach the local audience. The Festival’s name Merlinka commemorates Vjeran Miladinovic Merlinka, trans * person who was brutally killed in 2003 … Continued