ANNUAL REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA and peace as a special violation of public order and peace. To date, these recommendations have not been incorporated into the relevant amendments to said laws. Ombudspersons do not notice any progress in this area as complaints about violations of rights in this area continue to be registered. In 2019, a total of eight complaints were registered 107 and three recommendations issued 108. 4.9. Free legal aid Free legal aid in Bosnia and Herzegovina is organized in such a way that free legal aid institutes have been established in eight cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, while in the Republika Srpska free legal aid is provided by the Republika Srpska Free Legal Aid Center (for the entire Republika Srpska). In their 2017 Annual Report, Ombudspersons emphasized the importance of adopting the Law on Free Legal Aid of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 109 The adoption of this Law enables equal access to court for all citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, irrespective of their financial status. Article 7 of the said Law stipulates that the competent body for providing free legal aid before the bodies and institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the Office for the Provision of Free Legal Aid of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is an internal organizational unit within the Ministry of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Therefore, the Office has an important role in providing free legal aid, but only in relation to proceedings before the bodies and institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, Ombudspersons express concern about the fact that the Office has not yet been established, and that legal assistance is provided by administrative inspectors, as their additional activity and on an ad-hoc basis. In direct and telephone contacts with citizens, the representatives of the Institution point out and instruct the parties to make use of free legal aid. In 2019 the Ombudsman received 5 complaints related to free legal aid 110, but did not issue any recommendations in this matter. 4.10. Freedom of assembly Freedom of assembly constitute the right enshrined by the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina 111, the Constitution of Republika Srpska, 112 the Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 113 Statute of Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 114 laws on public assemblies at the level of cantons (10 in total, while in Zenica-Doboj Canton the procedure of the adoption of this law is ongoing), at the level of Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina and at the level of Republika Srpska. Ž-SA-05-976/19, Ž-SA-05-338/19, Ž-SA-05-550/19, Ž-SA-05-1043/19; Ž-SA-05-1187/19; Ž-BL-05-276/19, ŽBL-05-357/19, Ž-BR-05-4/19 108 P-47/19 dated 05 March 2019, P-206/19 dated 04 October 2019, P-281/19 dated 24 December 2019 109 Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina no. 83/2016 110 Ž-BL-05-328/19, Ž-BL-05-470/19, Ž-BL-05-474/19, Ž-BL-05-740/19, Ž-BL-05-758/19 111 Article II 3. Item i) 112 Article 30 113 Article 2. (1) l) 114 Article 14 paragraph 1 107 35

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