INSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA in the field of higher education in the Republic of Srpska. In this particular case, it is evident that the complainant has already been selected and taught at the same higher education institution - the Academy of Arts of the University of Banja Luka, for the past six years, and that he has not had any problem in proving that he meets the legal requirements. Ombudspersons issued a recommendation 227 instructing the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska to define the procedure of te title equivalence, as well as the issue of valuation and recognition of equivalence of certificates from the country where the documents were originally acquired. 6.7. Ecology and environmental protection Environmental protection is an important topic in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is reflected in the higher number of registered complaints compared to 2018. 228 The Ombudsman registered 20 complaints in the area of ecology and issued 6 recommendations. Despite the adoption of a large number of laws in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the policy of action in this area is not clearly defined, which raises questions about the fulfillment of commitments at the international level. Namely, Bosnia and Herzegovina has ratified numerous conventions and protocols, such as: the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, the Convention on the Control of Trans-boundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the Aarhus Convention, The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the Water and Health Protocol, etc. Example: 229 Based on information obtained from the media Ombudspersons opened an ex officio case related to the detection of pharmaceutical waste at the Jasenovi Potoci site in the municipality of Mrkonjić Grad. The Republic Administration for Inspections of Republika Srpska informed the Ombudsman that a republic pharmaceutical inspector was sent to the field in the presence of a communal police officer and representatives of the inspection bodies of the municipality of Mrkonjić Grad, along with a representative of the company authorized by the Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and Ecology for the management of hazardous waste and that they inspected the area in the municipality of Mrkonjić Grad, near the village of Jasenovi Potoci, where an unknown person illegally disposed of medical waste. On that occasion, two larger drug piles were identified dating from the post-war period, since the expiration dates that were visible refer to the period from 1993 to 1997. The Law on Waste Management 230 prescribes that the costs of removing waste disposed of outside the landfill foreseen for that purpose, the origin of which and its connection with the producer or a person who disposed of it cannot be determined, has to be borne by the local self-government unit, and the Municipality of Mrkonjić Grad was informed about it by Ombudspersons. In return, the Municipality informed Ombudspersons that it published an invitation to bid for removal od the disposed pharmaceutical waste, and that after this public invitation, the most favorable bidder was selected, who loaded and transported the waste to its final disposal site. Having that in mind, the case ended in a positive way. 227 P-275/19 dated 11 November 2019 18 registered complaints 229 Ž-LI-04-84/19 230 Official Gazette of Republika Srpska, no. 111/2013 228 60