INSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA X DISCRIMINATION The principle of equality and non-discrimination is an integral part of all international human rights treaties and declarations, as well as the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Article II, paragraph 4), the entity constitution – the Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the constitution of all ten cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the significance of the Anti-Discrimination Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina is immeasurable. The law defines the legal and institutional framework for combating discrimination in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and entrusted the Institution with the status of "central institution competent for protection against discrimination". Pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (2), point f. of the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination in Bosnia and Herzegovina The Ombudsmen are obliged to prepare and submit an annual report on the occurrences of discrimination to the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska and the Assembly of the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and outlines trends and occurrences of various forms of discrimination that citizens face. Important advances in the implementation of Anti-Discrimination Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina have been made, but key mechanisms and institutional actors still face many challenges and problems. By the amendments to Anti-Discrimination Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2016 463 the legal framework for protection against discrimination has been improved, and the role of the Ombudsman in the activities of promoting anti-discrimination protection, which is reflected in informing the public, raising awareness campaigning and other forms of discrimination prevention, is envisaged (Article 7, paragraph 2, item l of Anti-Discrimination Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina). Although the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2009, even before the amendments (Article 7, paragraph 5) stipulates the obligation to have a separate budget item for the work of the Department for Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination, this provision has not been done until today, or even ten years after prescribing legal obligation, has not been implemented. The limitation of the financial and human resources of the Department did not significantly affect the work on individual complaints of citizens, which is the most important form of protection of human rights, but to a certain extent limited the exercise of other powers vested in law, such as proactive and preventive action in relation to the occurrence of discrimination. However, despite the aforementioned during 2019, representatives of the Department for Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination, as well as other employed lawyers in the Institution, 463 Law on Prohibition of Discrimination, Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina, No. 66/2016. 114