INSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA A very constructive meeting was held with Sarajevo Canton Prime Minister Edin Forto. The topics of the talks were issues of importance for the realization of human rights and the current and future cooperation between the Institution and the Government of Canton of Sarajevo. During the talks, special attention was paid to resolving complaints received by the Institution from citizens of Canton of Sarajevo in relation to institutions and institutes 538 In order to find adequate solutions and ensure protection of the best interests of children, a working meeting was held with the Minister of Education, Science and Youth of the Sarajevo Canton, Zineta Bogunić, on the functioning of the instruments established to protect the rule of law and protect the rights of children. 539 Also, a working meeting was held with the director of the largest center for social work in the Republika Srpska, the Center for Social Work in Banja Luka Irena Joldžić, to discuss individual cases registered with the Institution, as well as to prepare a Special Report on the state and problems encountered by centers for social work in BiH. Concerning the situation in the State Institution for the Care of Mentally Disabled Children and Youth Pazarić, at the invitation of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, we took part in the Thematic session of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the session of the Commission for the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms and the Committee on Labor and Social Protection of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at which was presented the situation in social care and health institutions housing persons with mental and intellectual disabilities in the Federation of BiH, according to special reports on the State of Rights of Persons with Intellectual and Mental Disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina prepared in 2009 and 2018. 540 During 2019, visits were made and working meetings were held with the directors of the Doboj Penitentiary 541, Sarajevo Prison 542, Foča Correctional Institution 543, Kula-Istočno Sarajevo Correctional Institution 544, Tuzla Correctional Institution 545 and Busovača Penitentiary 546. With regard to the termination of the right of unemployed persons to health care, and after one year since applying to the Employment Service of Canton Sarajevo, we have held a meeting with acting Director of the Public Employment Service of Canton Sarajevo, Bekto Muhammad, and meetings with the Directorate of the Federation Tax Administration, Šerif Isović and Secretary of the Government of the Federation of BiH, Edita Kalajdžić 547. Through several public announcements and appearances in the media, the Ombudsmen gave full support to the exercise of the rights of LGBT persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and participated in the first Pride Parade held in Sarajevo. 548 Ombudsman Dr. Jasminka Džumhur, Obudsman Nives Jukić Ombudsman Dr. Jasminka Džumhur 540 Ombudsman Dr. Jasminka Džumhur 541 Ombudsman Prof. Dr. Ljubinko Mitrović 542 Ombudsman Dr. Jasminka Džumhur 543 Ombudsman Prof. Dr. Ljubinko Mitrović with associates 544 Ombudsman Prof. Dr. Ljubinko Mitrović, Ombudsman dr. Jasminka Džumhur, Ombudsman Nives Jukić 545 Ombudsman Dr. Jasminka Džumhur with associates 546 Ombudsman Dr. Jasminka Džumhur with associates 547 Ombudsman Dr. Jasminka Džumhur 548 Ombudsman Nives Jukić with associates 538 539 136