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Vulnerable Groups And Security Sector Reform: LGBT Case Study

Program istraživanja

Human security: Fund Svetlana Đurđević Lukić, Projects

Godina

2011

Partneri

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

The project explored the perceptions of safety among members of the LGBT population and their relationship with security institutions, the police, and the military. The research was conducted through focus groups with LGBT individuals in Belgrade, Novi Sad, and Niš, in cooperation with NGOs working on LGBT rights, and interviews were conducted with representatives of the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Defense.

The project’s general objective was to contribute to cooperation between the state and civil society actors in addressing a second-generation Security Sector Reform issue: improving the position of LGBT individuals and groups whose security concerns should be integrated in everyday routine of security structures.

Research findings have been presented in the publication ‘LGBT and Security Sector Reform in the Republic of Serbia‘.

As improved communication between LGBT and ”security community” was among the goals of the project, a Round Table discussion was organized at the OSCE Mission in Serbia.

Press conference and presentation of the study was held on December 20th 2011 in the Media Center, Belgrade, and on March 15 2012 in Nis.

Vulnerable Groups And Security Sector Reform: LGBT Case Study

Publikacije

LGBT People and Security Sector Reform in the Republic of Serbia