The Protector of Citizens has found that the municipal authorities of Ljig passed two administrative instruments with contradictory legal effects, thus extending a dispute in which the complainant has been waiting for a resolution for nearly eighteen years. The public authorities of this Municipality have also not fulfilled their obligation to cooperate with the Protector of Citizens.
The Protector of Citizens has found that the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection did not undertake measures to provide for effective functioning of local self-government committees on handling requests and passing decisions on restitution of seized land. Some complainants claim they have not received such decision even after more than twenty years of waiting.
The Protector of Citizens has issued a recommendation to the Transport Secretariat of the City Administration of Belgrade to provide guidance to all public transport companies and to inform the users of public transport by appropriate means of the right of persons with disabilities to move with the help of service dogs in public transport vehicles. The Protector of Citizens also welcomes the timely response of the Public Transport Company “Belgrade”, which offered a public apology for the recent unacceptable and unlawful treatment of a passenger and her service dog.
Thursday, 31 December 2015
With a view to improving the arrangements provided for in the Draft Law on Gender Equality, the Protector of Citizens believes certain provisions should be further reviewed and clarified by more accurate wording. These include the provisions pertaining to the duties of local self-governments concerning the formation of gender quality bodies or appointment of a gender equality officer, the duty to provide free legal assistance to victims of domestic violence and consistent use of the term “gender equality” throughout the text.
