ANNUAL REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Law on Prohibition of Discrimination of Bosnia and Herzegovina stipulates a provision that provides for a special budget item for the work of the Department for the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination, but this provision has never been implemented, which rather limits the proactive actions of the Institution to prevent discrimination. Similar to previous years, Ombudspersons focus their activities in the area of discrimination on the processing of individual complaints, number of which remains continuously high. In 2015, the Department for the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination registered a total of 206 cases of discrimination. The largest number of complaints in the reporting period was related to mobbing, as a special form of discrimination at the workplace (a significant increase in number of such complaints compared to the previous year in evident), followed by complaints about discrimination on the grounds of national or social background, and about discrimination on grounds of membership in a trade union or another association, as well as complaints of discrimination on grounds of age, religion and ethnicity. There is also an increasing number of cases of multiple discrimination where the person who reported discrimination on certain grounds in the period following the report be exposed to additional victimization. As in previous years, 94 cases were registered in which the complainants did not specify the grounds of discrimination, which is possible under provisions of Article 2 of the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which lists forbidden grounds of discrimination, and envisages "any other circumstance serving the purpose of or resulting in prevention or restriction of any individual from enjoyment or realization, on equal footing, of rights and freedoms in all areas of life“. The Institution also has a special role to play in protecting women's rights, especially in terms of promoting and protecting women's rights, as recognized by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). There is still a need for further promotion of women's rights and gender equality in almost all segments of life, especially when it comes to the representation of women in political life, the elimination of discriminatory stereotypes in educational materials, the unequal pay of women for the same job, and domestic violence... The rights of the minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina has not been changed. No progress has been made towards comprehensive constitutional changes that would help equalize the rights of national minorities with those of the constituent peoples. Namely, passive suffrage at all levels is not yet possible for national minorities. Legislation related to the protection of the rights of persons belonging to national minorities protect the status, equality and rights of the 17 national minorities present in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Finally, it is necessary to adopt strategic documents and implementation mechanisms that would define the social status of each resident of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the introduction of a social card in both entities and the Brčko District, as well as the definition of clear and transparent criteria for granting the assistance, with the establishment of databases, all with a view to ensuring that all vulnerable individuals and families receive adequate assistance. 13