Tag: discrimination
Macedonia 04.09.23 | 17:54

Education Ministry accused of discrimination after their failure to provide a third of all textbooks

The Anti-Discrimination Commission warns that the Education Ministry can face a discrimination lawsuit after it abjectly failed to provide textbooks to elementary school students. According to Vesna Bendevska, head of the Commission, about a third of the textbooks haven’t been printed in time....
Macedonia 03.08.23 | 13:52

The new labor law provides for abuse of the highway construction workers – the Constitutional Court formed a case

The Macedonian Constitutional Court formed a case in which it will review the constitutionality of the Law on Amending and Supplementing the Law on Labor Relations, that is, its articles 1, 2, and 3, acting upon an initiative submitted by the Helsinki Committee on Human Rights. In its initiative, the...
Macedonia 31.01.22 | 12:05

They say Bulgarians are discriminated against, while only one person has so far filed complain to the Discrimination Commission

Last year, only one complaint of discrimination on the grounds of Bulgarian self-feeling was submitted to the State Commission for Prevention and Protection against Discrimination. The chair of the Commission, Vesna Bendevska, said that the institution has a high level of independence and is important...
Macedonia 27.10.20 | 18:39

Parliament again adopts the anti-discrimination law

The Macedonian Parliament re-adopted the law to prevent discrimination. This law was adopted in May 2019, but it was later nullified by the Constitutional Court because it was adopted without the necessary 61 votes in Parliament, after President Ivanov vetoed it because it was adopted under the imposed...
Macedonia 11.03.19 | 18:28

Parliament adopts anti-discrimination law

Parliament adopted the law on anti-discrimination with 52 votes in favor out of 120 seats. According to the ruling majority, the law is in line with European and democratic values. But, the opposition objected to the clauses that redefine marriage and the family and can affect amending the school curriculum...
Macedonia 28.02.19 | 11:42

Anti-Discrimination Commission warns that the Government wants to cut short its mandate, erode its independence

The Anti-Discrimination Commission published an open letter accusing the Government of attempting to cut short the mandate of one of the few remaining independent political bodies in the country which are not under their control. The SDSM led Government is preparing a new anti-discrimination law and...

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