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Monday, 20 October 2014
13th Sitting of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality
On 20 October, the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality held a joint sitting with the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government and the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
The Report contains a general assessment of whether the Republic of Serbia abides by ban on torture and other cruel, inhuman or humiliating punishment and treatment. The Report states that there are no instances of organised and encouraged torture, but there are individual cases of abuse tolerated by the relevant authorities. It was also deemed that the relevant authorities should boost their attempts at combating unpunished torture. The Report also contains recommendations for the governance bodies of the Republic of Serbia.
The Chairman of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality, Meho Omerovic deemed that the Report contains useful guidelines for the National Assembly’s scrutiny over the prevention of torture.
Having reviewed the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture 2013 Activity Report, the committee members adopted a conclusion proposal to be forwarded to the National Assembly, proposing that it be discussed by urgent procedure.
The sitting was chaired by the Chairman of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality Meho Omerovic, Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government Petar Petrovic and the Deputy Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Nada Lazic.
Committees related to this activity
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9.00 - sitting of the Committee on Spatial Planning, Transport, Infrastructure and Telecommunications (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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9.20 - press conference of the NEW DSS – POKS (NADA) Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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9.30 - sitting of the European Integration Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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9.30 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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10.00 - press conference of the Ecological Uprising Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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10.30 - sitting of the Foreign Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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12.00 - public hearing of the Culture and Information Committee on the topic: Public interview with the proposed candidates for Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media Council members (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, Small Hall)
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15.00 - sitting of the Culture and Information Committee (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, Small Hall)
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15.30 - the PFG with Italy, the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta meets with the Italian delegation to the Central European Initiative Parliamentary Dimension (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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16.00 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Head of the EU Delegation to receive the EC Report on Serbia’s Progress in 2025 (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)
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16.20 - press statements on the delivered EC Report on Serbia’s Progress in 2025 (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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17.00 - press conference of the Green-Left Front – Don’t Let Belgrade D(r)own and Movement of Free Citizens (PSG) – Party of Democratic Action of Sandzak (SDA Sandzak) – Party for Democratic Action (PDD) parliamentary groups (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)