Serbia: From its Embrace of LGBTI Human Rights to denial of war crimes, a conversation with Goran Miletic
Monday 01 February, 2016
6:15 - 7:45pm, $0
Columbia University, International Affairs
420 West 118 Street, Room 1219
Please join the Harriman Institute for a talk with Goran Miletic, director of Civil Rights Defenders for the Western Balkans. Goran Miletic has a Master of Laws from Belgrade University (Serbia) and a European Regional MA in Democracy and Human Rights. He has previously worked for the Humanitarian Law Centre (HLC) in Belgrade (Serbia). During his work in HLC, Mr. Miletic dealt mainly with minority rights, including Roma, Albanians and Bosniaks. Mr. Miletic started working for the Civil Rights Defenders in 2004 as Programme Officer and later Human Rights Lawyer for the Western Balkans. His work includes co-operation and support of different human rights and minority NGOs from Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Macedonia. During his work he was particularly engaged in drafting and lobbying for adoption of inclusive anti-discrimination legislation in Western Balkan countries. He prepared and conducted numerous training sessions related to human rights, prohibition of torture, prison monitoring, advocacy, lobbying and monitoring of human and minority rights. Since 2011, he is Programme Director for the Western Balkans within Civil Rights Defenders. In 2010, Mr. Miletic becomes a candidate for the Equality Commissioner in Serbia, proposed by more than 250 organizations. He is member of European Commission of Sexual Orientation Law (ECSOL). At the moment, finalizing PhD thesis at Law school University Union, Belgrade, with subject of discrimination in civil proceedings.