Round  table Strategic Litigation as a Tool Against Discrimination: Ranges and limitations in the BiH context will be held on 29th April from 9.30 to 14.10 hours in Hotel Courtyard by Mariott in Sarajevo.

Event is aiming to present concept and practice of strategic litigation in anti-discriminatory judicial proceedings to stakeholders in the field of anti-discrimination as well as to explain mandatory conditions successful strategic litigation from filing to decision in the context of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region. Round table will also focus on capacities and perspectives of NGO’s role in the litigation that are strategically important.

As one of a few tools agents discrimination, strategic litigation in past couple of years became more present in Bosnia and Herzegovina, at least among expert debates. Importance of anti-discriminatory strategic litigation – which is understood as the initiation and conduction of court proceedings in the public interest – is reflected in its potential to encourage social changes, contribute to consistent application of the law and to raise awareness about different ways of discrimination. However, although it is a concrete and potentially effective, this mechanism of protection from the discrimination is, so far, had limited success and importance in the context of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Round table is organized within the project:  “Equality for All: Civil Society Coalition against Discrimination“. Project is implemented by Mediacentar Sarajevo, Analitika – Center for Social Research, Rights for All and Vaša prava BiH. This project is financed by USAID and Open Society Fund Bosnia and Herzegovina.