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
Initiative for the monitoring of the European Union integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Alternative Progress Report 2015: Political Criteria Sarajevo: Sarajevo Open Centre July, 2015
Initiative for monitoring the European integration of BiH, as a coalition of thirty civil society organizations, organizes press conference on observations from the Alternative Progress Report 2015 on the progress of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the process of EU integration. It represents the current state of the EU integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina, from the … Continued
Initiative for Monitoring the European Integration of BiH: Proposals for the Improvement of the Institutional Framework for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights through the Reform of the Institution of Ombudsman for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo, July 2015
Initiative for monitoring the European Integration of BiH will organize a discussion “What kind of changes are we looking for? Reform of the Institution of Human Rights Ombudsman of Bosnia and Herzegovina” on 27th of July 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in EU Info Centre (EU Delegation, Skenderija 3a, Sarajevo)
After reading of all the recommendations of Structural dialogue, it is easy to conclude that Bosnian-Herzegovinian judiciary has not improved after initiative of mentioned mechanism.
As a result of our interventions we can conclude that at the yesterdays session (July 1st 2015) Rules of procedures were adopted that include almost all amendments that the Initiative has proposed.
Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina is at a stand still – twenty years after the war, teaching methods in primary and secondary schools have not evolved.
The Initiative for Monitoring European Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina has submitted amendments to the Procedure of the ad-hoc committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the election of the three ombudspersons.
Based on these developments we have proposed two special sessions of the Joint Committee for Human Rights, one on the Ombudsman Institution and Ombudsman Law and the second one on the Anti-discrimination Legislation and Policy
We the undersigned, human rights promoters and worried citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Europe, want to voice our concern over the fact that the politicians from Bosnia and Herzegovina will be presiding over the Council of Europe as of May 19, 2015.