Initiative for Monitoring the European Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Coalition for Combat Against Hate Speech and Hate Crime warn against the politicization of the name issue of official languages in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
European Integration and Regional Cooperation Committee of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska and the Initiative for Monitoring the European Integration of BiH organize the thematic session where the findings of the Alternative Progress Report BiH 2015: political criteria will be presented.
Presentation and discussion about observations from Alternative Progress Report 2015 on the progress of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the process of EU integration and about EU reforms approach to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A work group for drafting amendments to the BiH Law on Discrimination Ban held its first meeting, presided by the BiH Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees
In the last two days representatives of the Initiative for Monitoring the European Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina have been taking part in the Working group of the Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees that has the task to produce a new Ombudsman For Human Rights Institution Law.
Initiative for Monitoring the European Integration of BiH: Model Law on the Institution of Human Rights Ombudsman of BIH
Sarajevo, 2015.
Coalition for Combat Against Hate Speech and Hate Crime and Initiative for Monitoring the European Integration of BiH sent a letter to Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees of BiH.
Bosnia Daily, August 5, 2015 PDF version find here. A coalition of 30 civil society organizations from across Bosnia and Herzegovina organized a panel last week on the reform of the institution of ombudsman. Sasa Gavric, executive director at Sarajevo Open Center and the “Initiative for Monitoring of European Integrations” coalition’s activist said that the … Continued
Legal framework The social security system in BiH includes: the social insurance, the social benefits, the family and children’s protection and the veterans’ protection. These rights are the exclusive jurisdiction of the entities/cantons and Brčko District. Depending on the place of their residence, the BiH citizens, hence, are treated differently in regards to the realizing of the right to … Continued
Legal framework With the pressure from the international community and with the goal of visa liberalization, Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination in 2009. A large number of obligations arising from law that were supposed to happen a few months after the adoption of the law were never fulfilled. Ministry for Human Rights and … Continued
Current situation As stated in chapter 1.7 Civil Society, the pressure on civil society organizations has rapidly intensified in Republika Srpska. It should be noted that it is a continuation of attacks on civil society organizations in Republika Srpska. Let us recall that the ruling political party in Republika Srpska (SNSD) has published a book … Continued
After a series of modifications and amendments, Public Procurement Law of BiH, came into force in May 2014, but its implementation has been delayed by six months, until 28th November 2014. The new law contains solutions that are in line with the SIGMA recommendations and new EU Directives. However, according to the BH experts in this area, the … Continued