INSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA complaints received in 2019, men filed 19 and women 32 complaints about mobbing. There is therefore a slight advantage in the number of women. Speaking of the total number of cases in 2019, the Institution was addressed by a total of 1,079 women and 1,845 men, while the gender of the complainant was not mentioned in 294 cases. Nongender-specific cases are cases where the Institution opens an ex officio case, an anonymous complaint or an complaint where the applicant expressly states that he or she does not wish to disclose his/her identity. Following the recommendations of the CEDAW Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women addressed to the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2013, the Committee, at its 1732 and 1733 sessions, held on 30 October 2019 considered the sixth periodic report of Bosnia and Herzegovina 511. Progress has been made after reviewing the fourth and fifth periodic reports on legislative reform, but concerns remain regarding: • general ignorance of the convention, the optional protocol and general recommendations in the Member State; • the definition of discrimination in Article 2 of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina does not cover all types of discrimination against women in accordance with Article 1 of the Convention, nor are laws and policies for achieving equality of women fully harmonized at the state, ethnic and cantonal levels; • insufficient access of women to free legal aid, especially for women from vulnerable groups and rural areas who wish to complain about gender discrimination and violence; • the absence of a comprehensive strategy to end discriminatory stereotypes that permeate sexist and misogynistic attitudes in society; • online threats against women politicians, journalists ... and the lack of effective punishments for such acts; • insufficient reporting of cases of gender-based violence, including domestic violence by victims due to social stigma and their distrust of law enforcement agencies; • low rates of prosecution and conviction in cases of non-physical violence against women • a large number of women and girls trafficked for sexual exploitation and forced labor, including begging, especially among the Roma population; • lack of specialized shelters for women and girls victims of trafficking; • poor representation of women in parliaments and governments on state and local newspapers, despite quotas of 40 percent for female candidates on political party lists, including poor participation of women from vulnerable population groups in political and public life • the existence of discriminatory gender stereotypes in educational materials; 511 The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) considered the Sixth Periodic Report on the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Convention) at its 74th session, held on 30 October 2019 in Geneva. The Delegation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, composed of representatives of BiH's gender institutional mechanisms and led by the BiH Agency for Gender Equality, MHRR presented the Sixth Periodic Report of CEDAW Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the basis of the report presented, the CEDAW Committee made concluding remarks on the Sixth Periodic Report of Bosnia and Herzegovina containing recommendations for the improvement of the position and contains recommendations for the advancement and elimination of discrimination against women under all articles of the CEDAW Convention. 126