{"id":12310,"date":"2016-05-27T13:01:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T13:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soc.ba\/en\/?p=12310"},"modified":"2016-05-27T13:16:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T13:16:31","slug":"public-policies-for-the-equality-of-lgbti-people-in-bih","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soc.ba\/en\/public-policies-for-the-equality-of-lgbti-people-in-bih\/","title":{"rendered":"Public policies for the equality of LGBTI people in BiH"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KonferencijaConference Public policies for the equality of LGBTI people in BiH<\/strong> was held the 23rd <\/sup>of May in the Government of Republika Srpska\u2019s Administrative centre in Banja Luka. The conferece was organized by Sarajevo Open Centre and Gender Centre \u2013 Centre for gender equity and equality, with the support of Agency for Gender Equality of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Gender Centre of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>

The aim of the Conference was to symbolically mark the beginning of strategic institutional work on LGBTI human rights in BiH, after the governments of Republika Srpska and Federation of BiH have adopted their annual operational plans for gender equality for 2016, which also include set of measures concerning the rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexual, trans* and intersex persons.<\/p>

Mirjana Luka\u010d, the director of Republika Srpska\u2019s Gender Centre and Sa\u0161a Gavri\u0107, the director of Sarajevo Open Centre, opened the Conference. Mary Ann Hennessey, Head of Conuncil of Europe\u2019s Office in BiH, gave the closing remarks.<\/p>

Samra Filipovi\u0107 \u2013 Had\u017eiabdi\u0107, the director of Agency for Gender Equality of BiH; Vi\u0161nja Ljubi\u010di\u0107, Ombudswoman for Gender Equality in Croatia: Mirjana Luka\u010d, the director of Gender Centre of Republika Srpska and Danijel Kalezi\u0107 from Queer Montenegro were the panellist on the first panel. This panel focused on the presentation of the Council of Europe 2010 Recommendation (CM\/Rec(2010)5) on combating discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and the mapped needs for action in Bosnia and Herzegovina and its two entities \u2013 the Republika Srpska and Federation of BiH.<\/p>

Second panel was focused on human rights of trans* persons and legal gender recognition. Borjana Peruni\u010di\u0107, the representative of The Protector of Citizens of the Republic of Serbia; Jelena Simi\u0107 from the Law faculty of Union University in Belgrade and Vladana Vasi\u0107 from Sarajevo Open Centre spoke about experiences from BiH and Serbia.<\/p>

After the Conference ended, Emina Bo\u0161njak, Sarajevo Open Centre\u2019s programme manager awarded Gender Centre of Republika Srpska for the promotion of human rights of LGBTI persons in BiHin 2015. This award was also given to Agency for Gender Equality of BiH, Gender Centre of FBiH, N1 television and to the independent journalist Kristina Ljevak. You can read more about the award on the following link<\/a>.<\/p>

In the following period, more attention will be payed to the development of a comprehensive plan of measures for the equality of LGBTI persons. Such a plan would clearly instruct governmental institutions of BiH, as well as the institutions of the entities and Br\u010dko District how to act in order to achieve higher level of protection and respect of human rights of LGBTI persons. At the Conference Sa\u0161a Gavri\u0107 has briefly presented the Proposal of measures for the equality of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the period 2017 \u2013 2019<\/a> <\/strong>developed by Sarajevo Open Centre in desire to support such work of the institutions.<\/p>

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