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Books by nikola grujic
Mental Healthcare: Befitting Human Dignity, 2014
From the perspective of comparative law, the Council of Europe, domestic legal standards, as well... more From the perspective of comparative law, the Council of Europe, domestic legal standards, as well as the court practice of the European Court of Human Rights, it is clear that the very approach to disability made significant progress from the time when it was viewed in terms of individual limitations and medical assistance, until the moment when special attention began to be devoted to the equality of human rights of persons with disabilities and the removal of barriers in society, which continue to hinder the realization of equal opportunities
Towards More Effective Acting of Misdemeanor Courts and Labor Inspection in Protection of Workers Rights, 2012
Focus of the project Improvement of Misdemeanor Courts’ Work Aiming for Better Protection of Labo... more Focus of the project Improvement of Misdemeanor Courts’ Work Aiming for Better Protection of Labor Rights, which results are presented and discussed in this publication, is the analysis of misdemeanor courts work.
Center for Democracy Foundation directed a portion of its research activities on economic and social rights of citizens, those that are part of basic human rights and liberties corpus. Democratic social values not only expand “the right” of human rights, but also compel states to build institutions and guarantee implementation of these rights. Economic, social and cultural rights are important because, from one side, they enable citizens to get familiar and raise awareness on civic and political rights; on the other side, they are an integral factor and one of the fundamental basis for life quality in a social/state communities.
Special significance in Center’s project are labour rights.
Employment of Persons with Disabilities in Serbia, 2011
The Report ‘Employment of Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Serbia’ was produced withi... more The Report ‘Employment of Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Serbia’ was produced within the framework of the project ‘Promotion of Inclusive Labour Market for Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Serbia’ implemented by Centre for Society Orientation – COD in partnership with Belgrade Centre for Human Rights and coalitions of disabled people’s organisations. The project is focused on monitoring in the field of labour and employment of persons with disabilities, through the creation of a national mechanism for monitoring the rights of persons with disabilities, implementation of national legislation and the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the local level. The main goal of the project is to contribute to the promotion of human rights of persons with disabilities and quality of their involvement in social processes, in order to increase the opportunities for employment and inclusion of these persons in society. An essential element of social inclusion of persons with disabilities is, undoubtedly, the field of labour and equal employment opportunities, which increases the willingness of the society to appropriately treat the problem of marginalisation in this field, which was the major obstacle to creating equal opportunities for all.
The planning and implementation of the project are based on guidelines and recommendations of two global initiatives - ’Making it Work – MIW’ and ’Disability Rights Promotion International – D.R.P.I.’ which adopts ‘bottom up’ approach. By collecting local examples of innovative practices that have had a positive impact on the lives of people with disabilities, it is possible to make positive, concrete recommendations to government on how to develop inclusive policies. The aim is, therefore, to develop MIW projects that would make a direct connection between the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the lives of people with disabilities. This means learning what has worked on the ground – then replicating and scaling-up: from good practice to good policy.
Papers by nikola grujic
CM Communications and Media Vol. 12 No. 39 , 2017
Communication and language are one of the central elements of every culture. Taking as an example... more Communication and language are one of the central elements of every culture. Taking as an example persons who cannot hear we can see how a language becomes not only the foundation of culture, but also a strong identity qualifier. Probably the most precise definition of Deaf culture would be a social and creative power of the community standing on sign language. This paper seeks for answers to the questions such as how deaf people manage in the imposed mainstream communication, what do ‘oralist’ recommend and why is visualization of communication much more important and natural for the Deaf than ‘imitation’ and/or correction? The article attempts to encourage broader academic and social discussion on topics such as fundamental rights, social inclusion and culture (subculture) of the Deaf, incursion into or respect for autonomy of the values lived and promoted by the Deaf society, education of deaf children and youth, development of international sign language, self presentation and self representation of the community of non-hearing...Full recognition of national sign languages shall go in line with effective implementation of national policies for inclusive education, respecting the cultural specifics of the community of Deaf. Functional translation services together with other support services are basic requests of the Deaf so that the minimum of their rights is respected and the path towards equality is made. At the same time, the Deaf themselves should be more ‘vocal’ when requesting equal accessibility to goods and services as well as the equality for all persons with disabilities.
Keywords: culture of Deaf, sign language, oralism, Gestuno, International Sign Language
Mental Healthcare: Befitting Human Dignity, 2014
From the perspective of comparative law, the Council of Europe, domestic legal standards, as well... more From the perspective of comparative law, the Council of Europe, domestic legal standards, as well as the court practice of the European Court of Human Rights, it is clear that the very approach to disability made significant progress from the time when it was viewed in terms of individual limitations and medical assistance, until the moment when special attention began to be devoted to the equality of human rights of persons with disabilities and the removal of barriers in society, which continue to hinder the realization of equal opportunities
Towards More Effective Acting of Misdemeanor Courts and Labor Inspection in Protection of Workers Rights, 2012
Focus of the project Improvement of Misdemeanor Courts’ Work Aiming for Better Protection of Labo... more Focus of the project Improvement of Misdemeanor Courts’ Work Aiming for Better Protection of Labor Rights, which results are presented and discussed in this publication, is the analysis of misdemeanor courts work.
Center for Democracy Foundation directed a portion of its research activities on economic and social rights of citizens, those that are part of basic human rights and liberties corpus. Democratic social values not only expand “the right” of human rights, but also compel states to build institutions and guarantee implementation of these rights. Economic, social and cultural rights are important because, from one side, they enable citizens to get familiar and raise awareness on civic and political rights; on the other side, they are an integral factor and one of the fundamental basis for life quality in a social/state communities.
Special significance in Center’s project are labour rights.
Employment of Persons with Disabilities in Serbia, 2011
The Report ‘Employment of Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Serbia’ was produced withi... more The Report ‘Employment of Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Serbia’ was produced within the framework of the project ‘Promotion of Inclusive Labour Market for Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Serbia’ implemented by Centre for Society Orientation – COD in partnership with Belgrade Centre for Human Rights and coalitions of disabled people’s organisations. The project is focused on monitoring in the field of labour and employment of persons with disabilities, through the creation of a national mechanism for monitoring the rights of persons with disabilities, implementation of national legislation and the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the local level. The main goal of the project is to contribute to the promotion of human rights of persons with disabilities and quality of their involvement in social processes, in order to increase the opportunities for employment and inclusion of these persons in society. An essential element of social inclusion of persons with disabilities is, undoubtedly, the field of labour and equal employment opportunities, which increases the willingness of the society to appropriately treat the problem of marginalisation in this field, which was the major obstacle to creating equal opportunities for all.
The planning and implementation of the project are based on guidelines and recommendations of two global initiatives - ’Making it Work – MIW’ and ’Disability Rights Promotion International – D.R.P.I.’ which adopts ‘bottom up’ approach. By collecting local examples of innovative practices that have had a positive impact on the lives of people with disabilities, it is possible to make positive, concrete recommendations to government on how to develop inclusive policies. The aim is, therefore, to develop MIW projects that would make a direct connection between the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the lives of people with disabilities. This means learning what has worked on the ground – then replicating and scaling-up: from good practice to good policy.
CM Communications and Media Vol. 12 No. 39 , 2017
Communication and language are one of the central elements of every culture. Taking as an example... more Communication and language are one of the central elements of every culture. Taking as an example persons who cannot hear we can see how a language becomes not only the foundation of culture, but also a strong identity qualifier. Probably the most precise definition of Deaf culture would be a social and creative power of the community standing on sign language. This paper seeks for answers to the questions such as how deaf people manage in the imposed mainstream communication, what do ‘oralist’ recommend and why is visualization of communication much more important and natural for the Deaf than ‘imitation’ and/or correction? The article attempts to encourage broader academic and social discussion on topics such as fundamental rights, social inclusion and culture (subculture) of the Deaf, incursion into or respect for autonomy of the values lived and promoted by the Deaf society, education of deaf children and youth, development of international sign language, self presentation and self representation of the community of non-hearing...Full recognition of national sign languages shall go in line with effective implementation of national policies for inclusive education, respecting the cultural specifics of the community of Deaf. Functional translation services together with other support services are basic requests of the Deaf so that the minimum of their rights is respected and the path towards equality is made. At the same time, the Deaf themselves should be more ‘vocal’ when requesting equal accessibility to goods and services as well as the equality for all persons with disabilities.
Keywords: culture of Deaf, sign language, oralism, Gestuno, International Sign Language