The Parliament used special legislative procedures, skipping the customary two readings of bills in Parliament. More than 80% of laws per year were passed in this way. As for the way in which the negotiation process affected the everyday lives of citizens, it was mostly evidently in better human rights protection.
The aim of this Brief is to consider the latest developments related to the EU enlargement
to the Western Balkans, namely the election of the new European Commission, the new initiative for the restart of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s accession, the announcement of new bilateral conditions, and the on-going deterioration of regional cooperation.
We call all institutions that are responsible for the implementation of the Law on Gender Equality – the Agency for Gender Equality, Gender Centre FBiH and RS Gender Centre – to publicly respond to this breach and to do everything so this will not happen again in the forming of the Government of the Federation and the Council of Ministers.
In the next four years, the Initiative for Monitoring European Integration of BiH will come out on every 19 December and present the public with its monitoring reports on the fulfilment of December Demands.
Having the experience of visa-free movement in the Schengen countries, we believe that the same right should be granted to the citizens of Kosovo.
Bosnia Daily, December 10, 2014 PDF version find here.
Our point that the EU integration and negotiation process needs to be brought back to the institutions – especially the BiH parliament – was also heard.
Terry Reintke, a member of the European Parliament visited Bosnia and Herzegovina on the 4th and 5th of December.
Elections, Coalition building and a new chance for the European Integration: What has to change now in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
We are witnesses that Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is in a constant blockade in the last eight years. All reform initiatives finished unsuccessfully.
Economic issues, employment and human rights violations are widespread and no visible indicators in terms of improving the application of international standards are made in this area.
Women’s Network BiH and the Initiative for Monitoring the European Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina have sent a request to all parliamentary parties demanding full implementation of the Gender Equality Law and insisting that there must be a minimum of 40% female ministers in all governments. Women’s Network BiH has previously, on 21st October 2014, sent … Continued