Sarajevo Open Centre invites you to the third educational workshop on legal aspects of migration and asylum based on sexual orientation and gender identity, named “Seeking asylum based on sexual orientation and gender identity”.
Lejla Huremović, an activist who monitors and analyzes media coverage of LGBTI issues, and has a broad insight into the presentation of this community in public and social networks, to our question on whether she believes that Facebook groups that address the issue of violence can raise awareness so that individuals would do some concrete actions against violence, notes that through today’s education, young people unfortunately do not get the opportunity to learn to think critically.
We publish the report “Monitoring of the Implementation of Committee of Ministers’ Recommendation CM/Rec (2010)5 on Measures to Combat Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity”, author Amina Dizdar
Sarajevo Open Centre is participating, under sponsorship organisation ILGA-Europe, in a project of monitoring the implementation of the Committee of Ministers’ Recommendation on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity (adopted on 31st of March 2010). In 2013, Sarajevo Open Centre started collecting data on work of Bosnian authorities regarding … Continued
Because of their sexual orientation, LGBTI persons are exposed to different forms of exclusion, discrimination and violence. Unfortunately, that practice often starts in their families, among the people who, instead of supporting and accepting them for who they are, push them away and make their lives miserable.
The Anti-discrimination Law of BiH now provides full protection from discrimination for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people.
The House of Representatives of the state-level Parliament will discuss today draft amendments to the Law on Sports in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sexual orientation is a personal feature of every person and any form of discrimination based on that should, in a healthy society, be seen as a violation of basic human rights.
The resolution obliges the members of the Youth Forum, a series of activities related to the insistence on the implementation of the Law on Prevention of Discrimination and the Law on Gender Equality of BiH.
If you are discriminated on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, or if you’ve been subjected to some kind of violence, you can report to us. All your questions, comments and problems will be forwarded to our legal team. You can send your questions anonymously – without revealing personal names and data. We … Continued