Suzana Paunović

BELGRADE - Serbia has made progress in improving the position of the Roma people, but there is still a need for further activities aimed at their full inclusion, the OSCE Mission to Serbia stated on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - The inaugural session of a Council tasked to follow recommendations of the UN human rights mechanism is being held in Belgrade on Friday, by which, according to Director of the Office for Human and Minority Rights Suzana Paunovic, the government confirms that it is fully committed to meeting international obligations and working continually to improve the human rights situation in Se

BELGRADE - The statement by Chairman of the Bosniak National Council (BNV) Sulejman Ugljanin that "Serbia is a chauvinist country" is a dangerous, heated and primarily false statement, said Suzana Paunovic, director of the Office for Human and Minority Rights, adding that this is the worst kind of politicization of the National Council.

BELGRADE - Director of the Office for Human and Minority Rights Suzana Paunovic and Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality Meho Omerovic talked on Thursday with a delegation of the German Bundestag about the human and minority rights situation in Serbia, with a special emphasis on the position and problems of the Roma national minority.

Minority rights in Serbia key to EU integration

The advancement of the position of national minorities is one of the key points in Serbia's European integration process.

A Roma family celebrates the patron saint Archangel in one of Belgrade's unauthorised settlements for the minority group. [Nikola Barbutov/SETimes]

BELGRADE - The cooperation of local self-government authorities and civil society organisations in implementing the policies of Roma inclusion is already producing results but there is still room to improve this cooperation, said the participants of a conference on the topic on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government's Office for Human and Minority Rights Suzana Paunovic said Wednesday that the European Commission (EC) progress report expresses a positive assessment of Serbia's progress in the promotion of human rights and freedoms.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Electoral Commission has so far approved 29 slates for the elections for the seats on the national minority councils scheduled for October 26, and head of the Office for Human and Minority Rights Suzana Paunovic has said that the run-up to elections was going as planned.

BELGRADE - The head of the Office for Human and Minority Rights Suzana Paunovic on Wednesday condemned the anti-Pride parade graffiti daubed in downtown Belgrade, and said that Serbia is ready for the LGBT parade.

"Over the past year, since last year's cancellation of the Pride parade, much has been done by both the state and the organisers," Paunovic told Tanjug.

BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government’s Human and Minority Rights Office Suzana Paunovic presented before the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights a periodical report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Friday.