A very important segment of acting of the Protector of Citizens upon complaints is the
provision of advisory-legal assistance which is provided by the Protector of Citizens even
when the complaint is rejected because of incompetence or prematurity. Such advisory
assistance is provided to citizens in 66.67 percent of rejected cases in this field. In such cases
the Protector of Citizens refers the complainant to the competent body or advises them on
available legal remedies.
In the field of gender equality, in 86 cases it was indicated to 130 violations of rights whose
good part refers to special rights in the field of gender equality and special rights in the field
of LGBTI, which is presented in percentages in Tables 21 and 22.
Table 21 – Special rights in the field of gender equality and their percentage
Note: Presented in Chart 1 – Classification of complaints according to rights violated
Type of violated right
Domestic violence
Right to salary compensation during pregnancy leave, childbirth leave and
childcare leave
Rights of pregnant women and nursing mothers
Special rights of marginalized categories of women
Right to parenting
Sexual violence
Total
percentage
37.25%
25.49%
13.73%
9.80%
9.80%
3.92%
100%
Table 22 – Special rights in the field of rights of LGBTI persons and their percentage
Note: Presented in Chart 1 – Classification of complaints according to rights violated
Type of violated right
Adjustment of the sex to gender identity
Change of data in civil registers
Violence against LGBTI persons
Hate speech
Total
percentage
40%
33.33%
13.33%
13.33%
100%
- 44 -
Select target paragraph3
Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents