INDEPENDENT BODIES &
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LGBT PEOPLE
PROFESSOR ZORICA MRSEVIC
IN SPITE OF THEIR WISH TO IMPROVE HUMAN RIGHTS OF
THE LGBT PERSONSINDEPENDENT BODIES
FACE WITH EXTERNAL AND
INTERNAL OBSTACLES
EXTERNAL OBSTACLESWEAK GENERAL POSITION OF THESE
BODIESDIMINISHING ATTITUDES OF THE TOP
RANKED POLITICIANSNEGATIVE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
REGARDING LGBT RIGHTSRELATIONSHIP WITH LGBT AND
WOMEN’S MOVEMENTS: lack of interestMEDIA CONTROLED BY THE
POWERFULL POLITICAL ACTORS AND CENTRES
EU INTEGRATION
1. GENERAL POSITION OF THESE BODIES
For “WIDOWS” LACK OF REAL POLITICAL
SUPPORTUNCLEAR MANDATES who does
what:Ministry- Commissioner –
Ombudsman LACK OF ADEQUATE LOGISTICS
OPENLY EXPRESSED EXPECTATION TO STAY AWAY
2. DIMINISHING ATTITUDES
TOP RANKED STATE OFFICIALS PUBLICLY EXPRESS THEIR NEGATIVE,
DIMINISHING ATTITUDES ON INDEPENDENT BODIES:
Example: instead to respect recommendation to stop discrimination, a party leader said:
“SHE SHOULD MIND HER BUSINESS INSTEAD TO MIX INTO MINE”
3. RELATIONSHIP WITH LGBT AND WOMEN’S MOVEMENTS: READINESS FOR COOPERATION WHEN
INVITED BUT WITHOUT OWN INITIATIVES
LACK OF SUPPORTLACK OF UNDERSTANDING
LACK OF INTERES
4. GENERAL SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT REGARDING
LGBT RIGHTSVERY NEGATIVE, LACK OF POPULARITY
OPEN HOSTILITYCONFRONTATION
THREATENS WITH VIOLENCEPERCEPTION AS BEING AGAINST
NATIONAL INTRESTS
5. MEDIA ATTACKS TO INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS
ORCHESTRATED WITH POLITICAL CONFRONATIONS
DISAPEARANCE OF THE WHOLE INSTITUTION FROM
MEDIA DURING CONFRONTATION WITH
AUTHORITIES
WHAT IS TO BE PUBLISHED AND WHEN IS VERY CAREFULLY MEASURED
A powerful director of one main TV house after an ombudsman criticized authorities in an
interview:“FUNNY, IT SEEMS THAT THE TYPE WRONGLY
BELIEVED HE MIGHT BE SOMETHING AS INDEPENDENT OMBUDSMAN AND THE STUPID
WOMAN JOURNALIST BELIEVED IN FREEDOM OF MEDIA”
6. EU INTEGRATION – confronted opinions
LGBT RIGHTS IS NOT THE EU ISSUE AT ALL
LGBT RIGHTS IS SOMETHING WHAT IN FACT THE EU IMPOSES
RESISTANCE: IF “THIS” IS CONDITION FOR THE EU, WE
DON’T WANT TO ENTER THE EULACK OF VISIBLE DOUBTLESS
SUPPORT BY THE EU STRUCTURES AND THE EU
MEMBER STATES
INTERNAL RESISTANCE
COLLEAGUES AND STAFF RELUCTANT REGARDING
THE LGBT RIGHTS
LACK OF UNDERSTANDINGDIFFICULTIES TO ORGANISE
EDUCATIONS AND TRAININGS ON “THESE” TOPICS
RIVARLYDENIAL OF IMPORTANCE
LACK OF COLLEGIAL SUPPORTNARROW INTERPRETATION OF
MANDATE AS STRICT WAITING THE CITIZEN’S PETTITIONS TO ACT
COUNCIL OF EUROPENOT ADEQUATELLY USED ITS
POSSIBILITIES TO HAVE IMPACTJUDGMENTS OF THE ECHR RELEVANT FOR THE LGBT RIGHTS ARE NOT TRANSLATED
AND MOSTLY NOT KNOWNHEADS OF INDEPEDENT INSTITUTIONS
ARE TRUSTED BY THE COE WHEN PRESENTING THEMSELVES AS BEING
COMMITTED TO THE LGBT RIGHTS BY WORDS ONLY
LEGAL OPTIMISM:
THE MOST IMPORTANT IS TO ADOPT NEW LAWS
INSTITUTIONALOPTIMISM:
NOW WHEN WE HAVE
INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS,
LGBT RIGHTS ARE WELL PROTECTED
FINALLY:THE PERSONS WHO HEAD THE
INDEPENDENT INSTITUTION
SOME OF THEM:
DOES NOT WANT THE WHOLE INSTITUTION TO BE IDENTIFIED
WITH “THIS” ISSUE
FEAR OF NOT BE EFFECTIVE IN OTHER PEOPLE CASES IF
PERCEIVED AS KEEPING THE LGBT SIDE
BUT ALSO:
PAYS MOST ATTENTION TO OWN POPULARITY
AND OWN RE-ELECTIONAVOIDS “UNPOPULAR”
ISSUES
PRIORITIESHOW TO BE IN GOOD
RELATION WITH POWERFULL CIRCLES AND
PERSONALITIES &
HOW TO IMPROVE OWN PUBLIC IMAGE
INSTEAD OF READINESS TO DEAL WITH “THESE” ISSUE
TOO BIG & UNREALISTIC EXPECTATION MIGHT LEAD
TO DISAPPOINTMENT
IMPOSSIBLITY TO BE EFFECTIVE LEADS TO
RESIGNTATION
WHAT CAN BE DONEWHO CONTROLS THE CONTROLLERS:
IF NOBODY, AS IT IS THE SITUATION NOW,
THE LGBT PERSONS AS WELL AS ALL OTHER “UNPOPULAR” MINORITIES WILL NOT GET PROPER PROTECTION OF THEIR RIGHTS BY THE INDEPENDENT BODIES
MONITORING PROJECTS
LEAD BY THE LGBT NGOs AND EXPERTS
ON ACTIVITIES OF THE INDEPENDET INSTITUTIONS IN PROTECTION & IMPREVEMENT THE LGBT RIGHTS
OPINION OF THE LGBT PEOPLE:WHAT THE INDEPENDENET
INSTITUTIONS DO FOR YOU AND YOUR RIGHTS
DO YOU HAVE TRUST IN THEM DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS THEIR MANDATE
AND HOW TO ADDRRESS TO THEMIN WHAT SITUATION CAN YOU EXPECT
THE INDEPENDENT BODIES TO INTERVENE FOR THE LGNT RIGHTS
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