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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:VietnamVietnamRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANOIFIssue:
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Continue efforts to combat domestic violence.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:MalaysiaMalaysiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to uphold the rights of women and girls, and overcome the gender gap through the effective implementation of the law on gender equality and strategy for gender equality.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:EcuadorEcuadorRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Guarantee that all women victims of gender-based violence have unimpeded access to effective protection and justice.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:MoldovaMoldovaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupCISOIFIssue:
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Increase actions in order to effectively and systemically prevent and fight trafficking in human beings, with a focus on women and children.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:Costa RicaCosta RicaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Intersex persons' rights
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Discrimination based on gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Establish an inclusive regulatory framework that promotes equal opportunities and non-discrimination and the eradication of hate speech, especially for women, girls, youth and the LGTBI population.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Domestic violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:3rd session, December 2008Status:Reference AddressedContents:In 2004, the HR Committee recommended that the State adopt the necessary policy and legal framework to effectively combat domestic violence, in particular to establish crisis-centre hotlines and victim support centres equipped with medical, psychological and legal assistance, including shelters for battered spouses and children. In order to raise public awareness, the State should disseminate information on this issue through the media. [Para 15] -
State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:RejectedContents:Ratify the OP-CRC-IC.Explanationit would require certain amendments to the national legislation.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:GhanaGhanaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:3rd session, December 2008Status:AcceptedContents:To increase its efforts at enhancing the role of women in high-level decision making.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 6) The following laws were also adopted, namely: Law on Gender Equality ...
Para 7) In the past the following strategies were adopted, namely: National Strategy for Improving Position of Women and Promoting Gender Equality (2009) ...
Para 42) RS created a normative and strategic framework for strengthening the position of women by adopting the Law on Gender Equality, National Strategy for Improving the Position of Women and Promoting Gender Equality with the Action Plan for its implementation for the period 2010-2015, as well as National Action Plan for the implementation of UN SC Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security in RS for the period 2010-2015.
Para 43) The Law regulates the general principle of equal opportunities, representation and access to bodies of executive authorities and possibilities of political actions. Accordingly, the Law on Amendments and Addenda to the Law on Election of Deputies, which
stipulates that for every three candidates on the electoral list, in the order they are listed (first group of three places, second group of three places and so on until the end of the list), there shall be at least one candidate of the gender less represented on the list. The same solution was envisaged by the Law on Amendments and Addenda to the Law on Local Elections. These solutions have for the first time been applied in national and local elections scheduled for 6 May 2012.
Para 44) According to the Law, political parties shall be obliged to adopt an action plan every four years with specific measures for encouraging and promoting equal representation of women and men in party's organs, in nomination of candidates for deputies and aldermen, and they shall be obliged to upload the plan on their official website.
Para 45) The National Strategy includes areas that affect participation of women in creating policies and decision-making in the field of economy, education, health, violence against women, and issues related to the media and public opinion.
Para 46) The Provincial Secretariat for EEGE adheres to the implementation of the Law on
Gender Equality and Decision on Gender Equality. By conducting activities related to
raising awareness and informing about and promoting the gender equality concept, the Provincial Secretariat for EEGE advocates greater involvement of women in decision- making processes.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 4) AWC stated that Serbia had established legislative framework related to the prohibition of discrimination, gender equality and protection from gender-based violence. However, insufficient attention was paid to the implementation of this legal framework in practice. The Gender Equality Law, after two years of implementation, had no effect on the actual equality of men and women. There were no publicly available reports on the effects of the implementation of the law.
Para 15) AI noted a number of positive measures taken to tackle discrimination, including the adoption of an Anti-Discrimination Law in March 2009 and the establishment of the Office of Commissioner for the Protection of Equality in May 2010. At the same time, AI stated that in practice, vulnerable groups, including minority communities, continued to suffer from discrimination and faced difficulties exercising their rights. -
State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:VietnamVietnamRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANOIFIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to strengthen its efforts on the promotion and protection of human rights, especially with regard to the rights of vulnerable population, including women and children. -
State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICCISIssue:
- Sexual harassment
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Take efforts to combat gender-based violence, such as violence in family and partner relationships, sexual harassment and rape. -
State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:Review DocumentationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:Reference AddressedContents:POC highlighted the importance of legal security for the child and of providing his or her registration at birth regardless of the status of the child’s mother. [Para 15] -
State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Sex work / "prostitution"
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:The UN country team asserted that sex workers and prostitutes reported barriers in accessing health services, social protection services and protection from violence, as well as biased treatment by police and the judiciary. [Para 51] -
State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:3rd session, December 2008Status:AcceptedContents:To strengthen the national mechanism for the implementation of the decisions of the HR Committee, CAT, CERD and CEDAW in individual complaints.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 38) RS has accepted the competence of the UN treaty bodies- HRC, CERD, CAT, CEDAW, CRPD and CED- to consider complaints submitted by individuals under its competences, claiming to be the victim of violation of fundamental rights guaranteed by international human rights treaties.
Para 39) RS has no special mechanism for the implementation of the decisions of the UN treaty bodies on individual complaints against the state. So far, the decisions were implemented by various state authorities within their competence. Within the IPA 2007 Programme of the European Commission, a Draft Model has been prepared for the implementation of the decisions of the UN treaty bodies on individual complaints against the RS for violating basic international human rights treaties.
UN Compilation:
Para 18) CAT noted that a new law provided for the reconsideration of a case on the basis of a decision of an international body established by an international treaty. UNCT noted that no coherent and comprehensive mechanism to follow up and monitor implementation of the recommendations of United Nations human rights mechanisms had been put in place. -
State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Intersex persons' rights
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
- Transgender persons' rights
- Violence on the basis of sexual orientation
- Violence on the basis of gender identity
Type:Review DocumentationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:Reference AddressedContents:The United Nations country team recommended that Serbia fully protect the freedom of peaceful assembly of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons and ensure that hate crimes against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons were promptly, independently and impartially investigated and that violence in the family motivated by sexual orientation or gender identity was addressed through criminal justice and social protection measures. [Para 102]
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:CEDAW recommended that Serbia conduct large-scale public campaigns targeting women and men at all levels of society, including religious leaders, to reaffirm the notion of gender equality and to promote positive images of women actively participating in social, economic and political life. [Para 18]
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:MexicoMexicoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:RecommendationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Carry out necessary measures, including legislative amendments, to ensure that all persons born in Serbia have access to birth registration regardless of the status of their parents.ImplementationNational Report Annex:
The fact of birth is entered into registries regardless of whether it is a child whose parents are known or not, a child without parental care, adopted child or child whose parents have no documents.
In addition to the improved normative framework (Law on Registries, amendments to the Law on Republic Administrative Fees and amendments to the Law on Extrajudicial Proceedings) systematically providing for the exercise of rights in this field of personal status, the resolution of this issue was significantly contributed to by activities under the implementation of an Agreement between the Ombudsman and line ministries with the support of the UN High Commissariat for Refugees. These agreements served to establish a mechanism for the cooperation of state bodies, the non-government sector and international organizations, providing positive results and ensuring improved exercise of rights of members of the Roma national minority for entry into the registry of births and exercise of rights based on the personal status of citizens.
The amendments to the Law on Extrajudicial Proceedings and the implementation of the agreement made it possible to resolve the issue of personal documents within the period relevant for this report for more than 25, 000 persons of Roma nationality.
The highest number of requests for subsequent entry of the fact of birth into the registry of births was received in 2009 - 9,573 and 2010 - 7,996 requests. During 2011 the number of requests was 774, in 2012 it was 1,552, in 2013 there were 784 requests, in 2014 there were 419 requests for subsequent entry of the fact of birth into the registry, in 2105 there were 1,072 requests for subsequent entry of the fact of birth into the registry resolved, and in 2016 there were 1,330 requests under the procedure of subsequent entry of the fact of birth into the registry of births, as well as 2,807 requests on the procedure of renewing the entry of the fact of birth into the registry of births. Other entries into the registry of births during the above years were conducted within the legal deadline for registering this fact.
Likewise, a certain number of persons unable to prove the fact of birth under an administrative procedure have made use of the right of entry into the registry of births in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Amendments to the Law on Extrajudicial proceedings (establishing the time and place of birth). According to data obtained from the Ministry of Justice, in 2014 there were 149 proposals for establishing the time and place of birth resolved, in 2015 - 264, in 2016 - 291 proposal for establishing the time and place of birth.
Regarding the above number of resolved requests, it is impossible to disaggregate the cases related to Roma national minority members, since the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia guarantees the freedom of expression of national affiliation, as well as the lack of obligation to do so, therefore the registry of births does not contain data on national affiliation.
Likewise, in addition to the improved normative framework providing a systematic way for exercising rights in this area of personal status, a significant contribution to resolving this issue was provided by activities under the implementation of the Agreement on Understanding concluded in 2012 between the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, the Ombudsman and United Nations High Commissariat for Refugees - Office in Serbia, serving as a basis for the cooperation of all competent state bodies, the non-government sector and international organizations, resulting in a significant improvement of the exercise of the right of entry into the registry of births, as well as other rights from the area of personal status (such as the right to citizenship, the right to personal name, ID card, registration of residence, etc.)
This agreement was implemented on 31 December 2016, with all participants in the process assessing that all the measures and activities achieved to date under the cooperation of all relevant bodies have contributed to fully overcoming the problems in exercising the right to entry into the registry of births, as well as other rights under the personal status of citizens.
The introduction of the “Welcome, baby, to the world” service in April 2016 simplified the procedure of entering babies in the birth registry, the registration of citizenship and residence, as well as electronic registration for health insurance, while the baby is still at the birth centre.
Activities aimed at implementing the recommendation are being continuously implemented.
UN Compilation:
Para 36) CRC was concerned that there were currently approximately 8,500 persons who had not been registered at birth, with the vast majority declaring themselves as Roma. It was concerned that those people had limited access to the enjoyment of basic rights, including to health care, education and social protection.
Para 88) The UN country team stated that there were about 2,400 persons at risk of statelessness in Serbia, of whom several hundred lacked birth registration. An overwhelming proportion of those were Roma.
Para 89) The Special Rapporteur on internally displaced persons indicated that a considerable proportion of Roma internally displaced persons did not have birth certificates. UNHCR stated that Serbia had adopted new legislation that simplified subsequent birth registration and procedures related to registration of residence. It welcomed efforts to find solutions to problems relating to access to late birth registration, which had resulted in a significant decrease in the number of Roma at risk of statelessness in the country.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 87) JS2 stated that the groups most at risk of statelessness were those who were not registered in the birth registry, … ERRC highlighted the lack of birth registration documents for many Roma in Serbia, stemming from social exclusion, discrimination and forced movement in the 1990s and recommended that Serbia amend the Law on Registries to ensure that all births are registered immediately.
Para 88) JS3 affirmed there was still no legally binding instrument that would provide Roma children born from undocumented mother to be registered in birth registry books immediately after birth.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:SpainSpainRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Redouble efforts to combat all forms of violence against women and adopt policies on education and awareness-raising in this area.ImplementationNational Report Annex:
The program for professional development of police officers for 2017 continues the implementation of the instructional unit which content consists of the following topics: manifestation forms of domestic violence; family members under the Criminal Code; general principles for protection of women victims of domestic and intimate partnership violence; reporting domestic and intimate partnership violence against women by telephone; sending and arrival of police officers to the place of domestic and intimate partnership violence against women; the most common risks; documenting events; statements of support for victims of domestic and intimate partnership violence against women; cooperation with other institutions and institutions dealing with domestic and intimate partnership violence against women.
For the purpose of standardization and uniform implementation of this thematic area, the Department for Vocational Training - the Training Implementation Unit developed a manual and presentation that are fully compatible with the instruction content of the topic.
The Law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence provides for two urgent measures: the urgent measure of removing the perpetrator of the violence from the apartment and the urgent measure of forbidding the perpetrator to contact and approach the victim. Urgent measures are imposed by a police officer for prevention of domestic violence and can last for 48 hours, and can be imposed cumulatively. The public prosecutor, in case of establishing the existence of a direct threat of domestic violence, is obliged to submit a motion to extend the emergency measure. The court evaluates the risk assessment of the competent police officer, the risk assessment made by the basic public prosecutor and assesses the evidence and claims submitted by the public prosecutor. Urgent measures can be extended by court decision for another 30 days. On the proposal of the basic public prosecutor, the basic court shall decide within 24 hours of receiving the submission and without holding a hearing. The law contains penal provisions that prescribe violations and greater effectiveness of urgent measures and measures of protection against domestic violence is achieved.
At the level of the Government, the Council for Suppression of Domestic Violence has been established, which is tasked with monitoring the implementation of the Law and improving the coordination of competent state bodies, institutions and other entities, and the effectiveness of preventing domestic violence and protection against domestic violence.
The Provincial Secretariat for Health Care, in partnership with the Women's Support Centre from Kikinda, has been implementing a three-year project, "Stop - Protect - Help", since January 2016. The project is intended for women in the situation of violence and potential victims, professionals in all sectors at all levels of authority, women's organizations and the entire population on the territory of the province.
Starting from the obligations of the state provided for by the Istanbul Convention as well as the measures provided for in the Action Plan for the Implementation of the Strategy for the Prevention and Protection against Discrimination, CBGE initiated the adoption of the National Strategy for the Prevention and Suppression of Domestic and Intimate Partnership Violence against Women and Girls for the period 2017-2020. For the analysis of the previous strategy and development of a new one, as well as for the implementation of numerous awareness-raising activities, the necessary funding was provided by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) within the project "Integrated Response to Violence against Women and Girls II". The project began in July 2016 and will last until July 2018, with a total value of $ 940,000. The project has been implemented in cooperation with all UN agencies in Serbia and relevant line ministries. Its implementation will contribute to the further development of the social and institutional environment in Serbia with zero tolerance for violence.
In order to encourage women to report cases of domestic and sexual violence by raising awareness about the criminal nature of such actions, the Ministry of Justice organized a national media campaign of raising awareness called "Off Violence".
There are safe houses managed by centres for social work in Kragujevac, Leskovac, Priboj, Smederevo, Vranje, Jagodina, Šabac, Niš and Majdanpek. In AP Vojvodina, there are 5 safe houses, managed by centres for social work, with total capacity for 122 persons: Novi Sad; Zrenjanin, Sombor, Pančevo and Sremska Mitrovica. In the past period, the Provincial Government, in cooperation with the B92 Fund, supported the construction and equipping of safe houses in Zrenjanin, Pančevo, Sombor and Sremska Mitrovica with a total of 22,500,000RSD.
Since 2011 the City of Belgrade, recognizing the importance of a shelter service for women victims of domestic violence, has provided financial support to the civil society organization Counselling against Domestic Violence in Belgrade, which has three safe houses for women victims of domestic violence. By introducing the service of providing shelter for women victims of domestic violence into the normative framework of the city of Belgrade, which defines the conditions for exercising rights and services in the field of social protection, the basis for the implementation of the public procurement procedure of the service has been established in accordance with the Law on Social Protection and the Decision on Rights and Social Protection Services. The service was formally established by the public procurement in early 2016, when a contract for providing the service was concluded with the licensed organization Counselling Centre against Domestic Violence in Belgrade. The accommodation capacity of the Counselling Centre is 30 women and children, 24 hours a day. The costs of this service are fully covered by funds from the budget of the City of Belgrade provided for each current year, the service is free for women victims of violence.
UN Compilation:
Para 56) The UN country team noted that girls and women in Serbia were still frequently exposed to gender-based violence, such as violence in family and partner relationships, sexual harassment and rape.
Para 57) The UN country team noted the adoption in 2016 of a law on the prevention of domestic violence, as well as amendments to provisions of the Criminal Code on rape and related non-consensual sex, stalking, sexual harassment, forced marriage and genital mutilation.
Para 58) CEDAW remained concerned about the increasing number of women murdered by their husbands, ex-husbands or partners and the significant disparity among the number of police interventions, the number of criminal charges filed and the number of persons convicted of domestic violence against women.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 8) POC stated that the protection of women against violence was not efficient enough.
Para 58) JS4 underscored the high number of women murdered in the context of domestic and intimate partner violence. It asserted that the State had no system for monitoring and analysing this phenomenon, a new National Strategy to prevent all forms of violence against women 2016-2020 had not been adopted, and a systematic approach to combatting stereotypes and discrimination of women, promotion of gender equality and elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls in the education system, had not been established.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:VietnamVietnamRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Further strengthen the rule of law and institutions to enforce social cohesion, tolerance and equality in order to exhaustively guarantee human rights for its people, in particular those of vulnerable groups such as women ...ImplementationNational Report Annex:
On August 31, 2013, the Government of the Republic of Serbia adopted the Action Plan for the implementation of the National Strategy for Judicial Reform for the period 2013-2018 which foresees concrete measures and activities for achieving strategic goals, defines deadlines and competent entities for their implementation, as well as funding sources.
The Strategy sets out five basic reform principles that include the promotion of independence, impartiality and quality of justice, expertise, accountability and efficiency of the judiciary system. Activities aimed at implementing the recommendation are being continuously implemented.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:Review DocumentationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:NeglectedContents:CAT was concerned about cross-border trafficking in women for sexual and other exploitative purposes, the low number of prosecutions, and the decrease in the minimum penalties to three years of imprisonment. It recommended that Serbia prosecute and punish perpetrators, provide redress and reintegration services to victims, and raise awareness and train law-enforcement officials, migration officials and border police. [Para 42] -
State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:Review DocumentationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:Reference AddressedContents:While noting that there is lack of a definition and prohibition of child prostitution in Serbian national legislation, ECPAT recommended that Serbia provide a clear definition of child prostitution in its national legislation in line with its international obligations under the OP-CRC-SC and explicitly prohibit and criminalize conducts related to child prostitution. [Para 24] -
State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:GambiaGambiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:Partially AcceptedContents:Consider ratifying .. the OP-CRC-IC.
ExplanationSupported in the part relating to ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure; ratification procedures are in progress for the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child in conformity with the Government Plan for 2023.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:MoroccoMoroccoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupOICALOIFIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen the mandate and independence of bodies combating gender-based discrimination by providing them with adequate human and financial resources.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:GermanyGermanyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Swiftly adopt an action plan for combating violence against women and introduce an official database on femicides.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:SpainSpainRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Improve the implementation of the Law against Domestic Violence and take measures to ensure the effective protection of all victims of gender-based violence.
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State Under Review:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGSource Of Reference:UzbekistanUzbekistanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICCISIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen measures to support the vulnerable groups of the population, including women, children and national minorities.