ANNUAL REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
who in the previous period 464 had no opportunity for professional development through workshops
and online training on the topic of protection against discrimination, held in co-operation with the
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, training on the implementation of the Law on
Prohibition of Discrimination in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the legal basis of action and
working methods of the Institution for representatives of public institutions and civil servants in
the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina 465, while the same training was conducted for civil
servants and public authorities in Canton 10466. Also, within the Pilot Project "Inclusion of
LGBTQI Issues in Open Government Approaches in Bosnia and Herzegovina", representatives of
the Department for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination held a workshop 467 on the
Presentation of the main findings of the Human Rights Ombudsman Institution of Bosnia and
Herzegovina: what are the challenges?
10.1. Overview - a comparison with the previous period
In 2019, the Institution registered a total of 206 cases in which citizens reported violations of the
provisions of the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is two
cases less than in 2018. At the Regional Office in Sarajevo, 124 complaints were received, at the
Headquarters of the Institution in Banja Luka - 66, at the regional offices in Mostar and Brčko six complaints and four complaints at the Field Office in Livno.
A total of 42 recommendations were issued, of which seven were implemented, in 16 cases the
recommendations were not implemented, in three cases cooperation with the designated
responsible authority was made, and for 16 recommendations no response was received.
Below we provide a comparative overview of the complaints received and the number of
recommendations issued for the period 2015-2019:
250
206
196
200
174
159
150
150
Number of cases
Issued recommendations
100
50
0
49
27
2015
2016
39
26
2017
2018
464
42
2019
Training for employees of the Human Rights Ombudsman Institution of Bosnia and Herzegovina was carried out
as part of the project "Strengthening the Capacity of the Human Rights Ombudsman Institution to Combat
Discrimination", which is part of a joint program of cooperation between the European Union and the Council of
Europe "Horizontal Support Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey" , funded by the European Union and the
Council of Europe
465
Held on March 26, 2019 and December 3, 2019 in Brčko
466
Held on November 19, 2019 in Livno
467
Held on October 8, 2019 at Jahorina
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