The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection had talks today with representatives of the Belgrade Pride 2014 Organisation Committee.

Representatives of the Organisation Committee Mr. Marko Ilic and Mr. Slobodan Stojanovic informed the Commissioner about the progress of preparatory activities, noting that the organisers hoped the event would be allowed to go ahead peacefully and calling on public authorities to make every effort to ensure their citizens can enjoy their constitutionally guaranteed freedom of assembly.

The Commissioner assured the representatives of the Organisation Committee that the rights provided for by the law which he enforces, both as regards the organisation of the event and as regards the LGBT population in general, will be enjoyed on an equal footing with the rights of all other citizens, without any discrimination. He went on to express his expectation that other public authorities would follow suit within their respective spheres of competence.