The Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina/EU Special Representative, in cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Foundation in BiH, the Sarajevo Open Centre (SOC) and the CURE Foundation, are organising the meeting on support to the Police Agencies in BiH in the protection of human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersexual (LGBTI) persons, on Friday, 08 November 2013, in the premises of the FBiH Police Academy (Dobojska 32) Sarajevo.
Meeting will be attended by Member of the European Parliament, Tanja Fajon, BiH Minister of Human Rights and Refugees, Damir Ljubic, Deputy BiH Minister of Security, Mladen Cavar, FBiH Minister of Interior, Pedrag Kurtes, representative of the RS Ministry of Interior and the Head of the Political Office at the EU Delegation to BiH/EUSR, Thomas Busch.
The EU funded project “Coming out: Advocating promotion and protection of rights of LGBT persons”, implemented by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in partnership with the Sarajevo Open Centre and the CURE Foundation, will on this occasion present its undertaken and future activities.
There will also be discussion about what the Police Agencies in BiH need do in the future to improve the level of protection of the rights of LGBTI persons.
(Source: European Union Press Office)
