Author: Harun Išerić Attacks and threats against journalists: a brief overview The hotline for journalists, operated by the BH Journalists Association, recorded 70 reported cases of violations of journalist rights and media freedoms in 2021, including 16 cases of physical and verbal attacks and threats. Online space is the dominant source of attacks and threats … Continued
Author: Nedim Kulenović Improving the migration and asylum policy management system is emerging as one of the critical issues on BiH’s path to EU integration. The challenges that the country encountered in 2018-2019, as well as during the pandemic, highlighted all the shortcomings of the current system. These risks remain, and authorities must act quickly … Continued
Author: Sanela Bešić The Western Balkans Prime Ministers adopted the Declaration of Western Balkans Partners on Roma Integration within the European Union (EU) Enlargement Process and regional cooperation in 2019 (the so-called Poznan Declaration). Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has pledged to continue and strengthen efforts for full equality and integration of Roma through the implementation … Continued
The Initiative for Monitoring the European Integration of BiH and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in BiH are organizing a conference on the occasion of receiving the European Commission’s recommendation for granting BiH candidate status. The conference “EU candidate status for BiH: Between merits and expectations” will be held on November 29, 2022 in Sarajevo at … Continued
Author: Amina Hujdur In July 2022, a historic step forward in the fight for the recognition of children born of war[1] was taken when the Brčko District of BiH became the first in Bosnia and Herzegovina to legally recognise children born of wartime rape as civilian victims of war, under the framework of the newly … Continued
Author: Branko Ćulibrk Social discrimination against sexual minorities is still prevalent in many European countries, but respect for the rights of LGBTIQ people is a critical issue in the process of EU integration of BiH, and it is an integral part of the EU accession negotiations as well as the EU Commission’s annual progress reports. … Continued
Author: Denis Čarkadžić The election year of 2022, like many others before it, is drawing to a close, but Bosnia and Herzegovina is still waiting for candidate status for membership of the European Union. When it comes to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s EU path, the previous mandate – 2018 to date – lacked everything but promises. … Continued
When asked what they think of the country’s European path, the most important political actors in Bosnia and Herzegovina will answer that they support full membership in the European Union. On the other hand, the results in meeting the 14 priorities of the Commission’s Opinion on the Application of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the EU … Continued
The Initiative for Monitoring the European Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the support of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Sarajevo is organizing a hybrid conference (in person and online). The conference will be held on March 28, 2022 at the International Center for Children and Youth Novo Sarajevo (Međunarodni centar za djecu i omladinu Novo … Continued
The complex administrative structure of Bosnia and Herzegovina makes it impossible to fully comprehend the overall situation in any field, including civil society or, more specifically, associations and foundations. The exact number of registered associations and foundations is impossible to estimate because they can be founded at different administrative levels and entered in separate registers … Continued
Finding solutions for the electoral system reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) presents a key milestone for the future of BiH and a shift from the post-war society phase into a transitional democracy, within the context of greater integrative processes. Changing the current electoral system would change the existing paradigm of responsibility exclusively within the … Continued
2019-2020 Alternative Report on the Application of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the European Union Membership: Political Criteria is the result of the work of the members of the Initiative. The report refers to the political criteria for EU membership and also contains Special Reports on the local elections in Mostar held in 2020 and the … Continued