to a nursing mother. The authorities indicated to the fact that misdemeanor charges and criminal charges are filed to a greater extent, but that the punishment policy is mild and that it is not a rare case that upon the charges there are no actions due to obsolescence of misdemeanor/criminal prosecution. Either labor inspection or Tax Administration do not receive feedback on imposed punishments, number and amount of these punishments, so the effects of such activities remain unknown. The new Law on Health protection73 introduced the explicit prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity as well as the provision that the measures introduced with the aim of reaching full equality, protection and progress of persons or groups of persons in unequal position are not deemed as discrimination. During 2019 the Government adopted the Regulation on the Plan of Health Protection from Mandatory Health Insurance in the Republic of Serbia for 202074 which stipulates in primary health protection of women in total 2,300,800 preventive examinations and services to be conducted with special conditions and categories of women in reproductive period and with regards to early discovery of malign and other diseases of women from defined vulnerable groups according to age, which is in compliance with recommendations of the Protector of Citizens from regular annual reports and “Special Report of the Protector of Citizens on Reproductive Health of Roma Women with Recommendations“75. Apart from the recommendations of the Protector of Citizens the position of female health mediators still has not been regulated76. The Rulebook on the Content and Scope of Rights to Health Protection from Mandatory Health Insurance77 which expands the rights in the field of diagnostics and treatment of sterility though expansion of the circle of persons and scope of service, was adopted. In the field of international cooperation, the Protector of Citizens submitted the appendix on his activities and shortcomings in the application of the principles of gender equality in the execution of the public report and provided opinion to the submitted report/five-year national overview of the Republic of Serbia on the application of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action which was submitted to the United Nations. The Protector of Citizens submitted to the international organizations and bodies reports on women, peace and safety, violence and bad treatment of women at health care institutions, and with regards to giving birth and reproductive health, on rights of women and girls in the field of labor and labor relations, on gender-sensitive response to migrations and on the protection against violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Rights of LGBTI persons LGBTI persons are still very frequently victims of discrimination, stereotypes and prejudice. Not even in this reporting period the same-sex communities or consequences of the adjustment (change) of sex and gender identity were legally regulated. Despite the opinion of “Official Gazette of RS“, no. 25/2019. “Official Gazette of RS“, no. 94/2019. 75 Available at: http://ombudsman.rs/index.php/izvestaji/posebnii-izvestaji/5536-p-s-b-n-izv-sh-z-sh-i-ni-gr-dn-r-pr-du-ivn-zdr-vlju-r-inj-s-pr-p-ru 76 Female health care mediators have the role of intermediaries between Roma population and health care institutions: they train the members, especially female members of Roma nationality on rights and obligations in the field of health and social protection, keep the record on their health condition and generally participate in raising of the awareness on health issues of this marginalized group and their access to the regular health care system. 77 “Official Gazette of RS“, no. 7/2019. 73 74 - 48 -