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10 December 2014 Participants of the sitting
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
18th Sitting of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality
At the sitting held on 10 December, International Human Rights Day, the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality was presented the Ombudsman’s Model Law on Gender Equality
Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia, H.E. Ambassador Peter Burkhard said that the OSCE Mission is dedicated to improving gender equality and is assisting the civil sector, independent bodies and the Serbian Government to that end. He believes that the Model Law would help improve the legislative framework relating to gender equality.
Djurdjica Ergic, the Chairperson of the Ombudsman’s Gender Equality Council, said that gender equality as a principle must be made part of into public policy and consciousness.
Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic congratulated on the International Human Rights Day opining that though the Gender Equality Law passed five years ago rooted the awareness of gender equality and protection of women more deeply than before, the Ombudsman’s Model Law on Gender Equality improves the practical application of the principles set up by the abovementioned Law.
The Model Law on Gender Equality was presented by Prof. Dr Marijana Pajvancic, Dean of the Novi Sad faculty for European Legal and Political Studies. She listed the reasons for the implementation of the Model Law, the most important innovations it introduces, the new chapters in the Law, as well as the focusing of common characteristics of the regulations within specific areas covered by the Law.
In addition to the Committee members the sitting was attended by representatives of the ministries, state institutions and the non-governmental sector.
The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairman Meho Omerovic.
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)