Uloga Zaštitnika građana u zaštiti prava osoba sa invaliditetom
The role of Ombudsman in the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities

Summary/Abstract: The Ombudsman's activities during 2010 in terms of the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities were realized within eight types of activities: 1) The constant communication with the organizations of persons with disabilities, 2) Acting according to the citizens' complaints, 3) Activities within the EU Twinning project of providing support to Ombudsman, 4) Supporting the OSCE Mission to Ombudsman's capacity raising consisted of providing support for organizing the so-called Ombudsman Day in Uzice in July and in Kraljevo in September, 5) Supervision, including the unannounced ones, in the residential institutions for old people and adult people with disabilities was done, 6) The Conference "The right to make a decision - a matter of deprivation of legal capacity of persons with disabilities in Serbia", 7) The problems of workers who were injured at work and 8) The guidelines for non-discrimination language and behaviour in official discourse and context. In her paper the author analyzes in details the results of the Ombudsman's work in every of the above mentioned fields and points to some of the elementary problems persons with disabilities face in Serbia.

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