ANNUAL REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Successful cooperation continued with the Council of Europe Office in BiH. Following the completion of the project entitled "Strengthening the Capacity of the Human Rights Ombudsman Institution to Combat Discrimination", cooperation continued under the project "Horizontal Facilitation for the Western Balkans and Turkey - 2", in which ombudsman, Dr. Jasminka Džumhur, was appointed as a member of the Steering Board of the Project. During 2019, the institution has also achieved significant cooperation with UN bodies. Thus, it started working with UNFP to produce a special report on the sexual and reproductive health of women in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This project is especially important when considering the relevance and importance of this topic, and especially its promotion among the population of women in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the other hand, cooperation with UNICEF, manifested through the development and promotion of the Special Report on the Prohibition of Physical Punishment of Children, as well as the commemoration of 30 years of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, is extremely important. During 2019, the Institution also cooperated with USAID on gender equality, as part of a project to support monitoring and evaluation in BiH. It is also important to note the cooperation that the Institution has with numerous embassies in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Thus, in 2019, the capacity building project of the Ombudsman Institution of Bosnia and Herzegovina was successfully completed with the aim of implementing the mandate of the Preventive Mechanism in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was implemented with the financial assistance of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As part of its mandate and regular reporting to UN bodies, in 2019, the Institution made: 1. Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2. Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, 3. Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. A regular submission was also made to the Universal Periodic Report (UPR), as well as a submission to the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI). An important segment of international cooperation is the compilation of responses to various surveys and questionnaires received by the Institution. Namely, the exchange of mutual experiences, practices and examples in work greatly contributes to the improvement of the work of the Institution, as well as to better strategic planning of future activities. Thus, during 2019, the Institution prepared and sent the answers to the following surveys and questionnaires: 1. ENNHRI Leadership Forum Survey 2. GANHRI Strategic Plan Questionnaire for 2020-2022 3. Council of Europe questionnaire aimed at preparing the scope of the Mental Health Good Practice Study - how to promote voluntary measures 141