oversight procedures of the operation of centers for social work and local self-government units, during which in certain number of cases the omissions were removed, especially when it comes to services of material type. With the aim of the promotion of citizen rights in this field, the Protector of Citizens issued to the competent ministry for activities of social protection the Opinion to the Draft of the Law on Amendments to the Law on Social Map219. The opinion indicated in which direction the solutions proposed in the Draft should be supplemented so that the record which contains the data on social-economic status of an individual and persons connected to him/her would in fact contain all the data and parameters for regular and accurate estimation of needs of individuals and families, and improve the provision of services and rights. Culture Not even after three years since the day when the Law on Culture220 came into force, the Ministry of Culture and Information has not passed the rulebook which would prescribe the unique system of networks of cultural institutions, which was mandatory to do within the deadline of six months since the day when the Law came into force. In this manner the Ministry obstructed proper application of the law and calculation of years of service for employees to whom these regulations apply and who were in labor relations with multiple institutions. Without corresponding by-law, which should organize the unique system of the networks of cultural institutions, it is not possible to issue a legally valid opinion on the recognition of the years of service and properly apply legal provisions which regulate the calculation of years of service for employees who were in labor relations in several cultural institutions. With the aim of the removal of noticed shortcomings, improvement of the operation of administrative authorities and prevention of these or similar shortcomings in future the Protector of Citizens issued to the Ministry of Culture and Information the recommendation which was not acted upon until the day of the execution of the annual report.221 Acting upon his own initiative as well as upon citizen complaints, the Protector of Citizens noticed that the media frequently publish media content which offends the honor, reputation or privacy as well as the content which offends the dignity of a victim and that adequate protection of human rights and child rights in these cases is missing. With regards to that, the Protector of Citizens believes that prescribing of legal obligation or prohibition is not sufficient if the obligation or prohibition is not accompanied by corresponding sanctions and authorizations of competent authorities. For the stated reason, the Protector of Citizens issued to the Ministry of Culture and Information the Opinion on Amendments to the Law on Public Information and Media in which he indicated that he believed that with prescribing of corresponding sanctions for the violation of the Law on Public Information and Media and consistent implementation of the legal obligation and prohibition in practice the Republic of Serbia would contribute to the promotion of protection and observance of human rights and child rights in public media space.222 Opinion available at: https://ombudsman.rs/index.php/2011-12-11-11-34-45/6308-ishlj-nj-n-n-cr-z-n-s-ci-lnr-i. 220 “Official Gazette of RS“, no. 13/16. 221 Recommendation available at: https://ombudsman.rs/index.php/2012-02-07-14-03-33/6104-inis-rs-v-ul-ur-iinf-r-is-nj-d-guci-pr-vilnu-pri-nu-i-br-cun-inul-g-r-d-z-z-p-sl-n. 222 Opinion available at: https://www.ombudsman.rs/index.php/2011-12-11-11-34-45/6000-ishlj-nj-z-sh-i-ni-grd-n-iz-n-i-d-pun-z-n-vn-inf-r-is-nju-i-di-i. 219 - 109 -