ANNUAL REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Herzegovina/Asylum implemented. Sector. The Ombudsman's recommendation was accepted and Example: 98 Ombudspersons received a complaint lodged by the NGO „Vaša prava BiH“/„Your Rights BiH“ on behalf of the minor A.A., a national of Morocco, L. F., a national of Algeria, and A.L., a national of Algeria. In the complaint they emphasize that these minors expressed their intention to seek asylum to the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs - Field Center Tuzla. Also, they claim that the minors wanted to register their permanent residence with the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs - Field Center Tuzla, together with the owner of the apartment in which they are accommodated, pursuant to Article 38 paragraph (2) of the Law on Asylum. However, officers of the Field Center Tuzla refused to register their residence justifying their action by the fact that the minors had no identification documents and referred them to the Ministry of Security - Asylum Sector, to lodge their request there. Following that the employees of the NGO „Vaša prava BiH“ contacted the FC Tuzla which issued to the minors new certificates on the expressed intent to seek asylum and their residence registered for the time period corresponding the one determined at the mentioned certificate. Having in mind the fact that all mentioned documents are temporary and are in force for a certain time period, the Ombudsman asked the Ministry of Security - Asylum Sector to provide their interpretation. The reply they provided reveals that the request for asylum was duly received, and the registration of the residence completed, thus finishing the procedure to the favor of the complainant. 4.7. Public documents In 2019, a total of 42 cases were registered in this area and eight recommendations were issued, regarding the correction of the contents of certain public documents after the conducted procedure or during the proceedings. Ombudspersons point out that the public documents constitute so-called material means of evidence, which are presumed to be authentic. Various pieces of legislation governing this area prescribe the manner in which the correction of data in acts could be done, depending on the type of proceedings, i.e. the authority before which these proceedings are conducted. Example: 99 The complainant addressed the Ombudsman asking the assistance in correction of an error in a decision on inheritance in the probate proceedings conducted after the death of the complainant's late mother before a notary public acting as a commissioner of the Municipal Court in Cazin. After the conducted investigation, Ombudspersons issued their recommendation100 following which the Municipal Court in Cazin informed the Ombudsman 101 that the notary corrected the error in the mentioned decision on inheritance thus implementing the Ombudsman's recommendation. In this way the case was sucessfully solved. Example: 102 The Ombudsman received a complaint of the work of the Pension and Disability Insurance Fund of Republika Srpska in respect of the violation of the rights arising from the Ž-SA-05-771/19 Ž-BL-05-950/18 100 P-92/19 dated 28 March 2019 101 A document no.: 020-0-SU-19-0001 55, dated 22 May 2019 102 Ž-BL-05-295/19 98 99 33