February 2019. The Initiative for Monitoring the European Integration of BiH does not agree with the statement of Denis Zvizdić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of BiH, that “BiH has completed everything” regarding follow-up questions of the European Commission. We are reminding the public on the five-month delay in preparation of answers to the … Continued
February, 2019 Numerous international agreements which Bosnia and Herzegovina has signed, as well as the BiH constitutution, guarantee the prohibition of various forms of discrimination. The rights stipulated by international documents and constitutional provisions have been transposed into legal provisions through the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination, but also on the Gender Equality Law … Continued
TV1, February 2019. After crossing the deadline for five months, Bosnia and Herzegovina finally provided answers for follow-up questions of the European Commission. BiH will most certainly feel the consequences of the tardiness, but Denis Zvizdić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers, thinks BiH will soon become a full member of European Union. Rasim Ibrahimagić, … Continued
Text was published in Euro Blic newspaper, 22.02.2019. The article covers the topic of BiH’s obligations regarding the process of joining the EU. Politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina still neglect constitutional reforms and issues regarding essential human rights, such as freedom of assembly, protection of marginalized groups, freedom of expression, omnipresent violation of human rights, … Continued
The text addresses the complicated political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina regarding filling the House of Peoples of the Parliament of Federation of BiH after the Constitutional Court abolished the Electoral Law provision which regulates this issue.
Poor political relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia have experienced culmination in the last year and a half after the International Court of Justice in The Hague rendered a final verdict in the so-called “Herceg-Bosna six”. ICJ ruled that there was a joint criminal enterprise against BiH, which was back then under the rule of Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and Defense Minister Gojko Susak.
Alfa TV, February 2019. Bosnia and Herzegovina finally provided answers at 655 follow-up questions which the European Commission addressed at BiH. Now they need to be approved at 14 government levels, which is expected to be done by the end of the week. Rasim Ibrahimagić, who spoke on behalf of the Initiative for Monitoring the European … Continued
According to the data of the Single Parents Association “Pride” from Banja Luka, in as much as 70% of cases, the parent avoids paying alimony. The amount of alimony is determined on the basis of the payroll of one of the parents who is obliged to pay alimony to the former spouse, or the guardian of the child.
Human rights equally belong to all human beings without discrimination on any ground. Such definition, by itself, leaves no doubt as to the applicability of human rights in practice. However, the reality of the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), as well as the entire society, indicates that enormous disobedience is caused by a dysfunctional and non-transparent political and legal system.
February 2019 The appliance of the BiH Institutions’ Labor Law to Associations and Foundations, author Leila Bičakčić BiH Institutions’ Labor Law regulates the employment status of association and foundation’s employees, but the Law is not explicit about whether the Law is applied only to the associations and foundations founded by the government of BiH and … Continued
BHR (Epicentar), 22.01.2019. Radio broadcast of BHR1 hosted Rasim Ibrahimagić from the Initiative for Monitoring of the European Integration of BiH, Mr. Nikola Lovrinović, Chair of the Joint Committee on European Integration of Parliamentary Assembly BiH (HDZ) in 2014-2018, Osman Topčagić, Head of the Paneuropean Union BiH and former executive of the Directorate for European … Continued
Although the Convention itself does not refer directly to the media, the European Court of Human Rights, having in mind the importance of the media in the transmission of information, ideas and opinions, through its practice, emphasized the importance of the media in society. The media play a special role, as the European Court has stated – the role of a “public guard dog”.