05 Aug OSCE report on processing of war crimes in BiH
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) presented on 28 June 2022, the report „A Race Against Time: Successes and Challenges in the Implementation of the National War Crimes...
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25 Jul GRETA third-round evaluation report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
In its third-round evaluation report on the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, published on 28.06.2022, the Group of Experts on Action...
07 Jun Fine for making a joke in court violated a lawyer’s freedom of expression
Posted at 07 Jun 2022
in ▶ Judiciary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Freedom of speech, Article 10 (right to freedom of expression)
In the case of Simić v. Bosnia and Herzegovina (application no. 39764/20, 17.05.2022) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been a violation of of the...
06 Apr Ensuring Justice for Victims of Trafficking in BiH
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina on 15 March 2022 launched its latest report titled “Ensuring Justice for Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings: Response of the Criminal Justice...
07 Feb Uprising hate speech in Western Balkans
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, express concerns over hate speech uprising in Western Balkans. OHCHR published a Press briefing notes on Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia on 14 January...
20 Jan European Court of Auditors: EU support for rule of law in Western Balkans not impactful
Posted at 20 Jan 2022
in North Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo, ▶ Judiciary, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The European Court of Auditors published on 10.01.2022 a Special Report “EU support for the rule of law in the Western Balkans: despite efforts, fundamental problems persist” In the report they...
06 Dec Opinion of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights on developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Posted at 06 Dec 2021
in Discrimination, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Freedom of speech, Access to justice, International crimes
The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Dunja Mijatović, had warned in her opinion from 18. November 2021, that warmongering has seriously intensified in Bosnia and Herzegovina...
01 Oct CPT’s Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
In a Report published on 14 September 2021 the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) calls on the authorities...
31 Jul Report of the Council of Europe’s fact-finding mission on migration and refugees to Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees, Ambassador Drahoslav Štefánek published a report on his fact-finding mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aim of the mission was...
28 Feb Human Rights Watch report 2021
Posted at 28 Feb 2021
in Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Access to justice, Human rights defenders
Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) stated in its latest report published in January 2012 that human and minority rights, the rule of law and media freedom remain endangered in several Southeast and Central...