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OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina calls on citizens of Travnik and Foča (FBiH) to use the opportunity and vote

Publishing date: 9 April 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
On 11 April 2021, the citizens of Travnik and Foča in the Federation of BiH municipality will vote again to elect their mayors, after the deaths of formerly elected mayors Mirsad Peco and Esed Radeljaš.

OSCE closely looking at risks of trafficking faced by asylum-seekers and migrants transiting through Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 25 March 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating human trafficking, Migration
COPENHAGEN/VIENNA/SARAJEVO, 25 March 20210- The current situation of 8,000 asylum seekers and migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was the focus of a series of virtual meetings, concluded on 25 March 2021, ahead of the field visit of Valiant Richey, OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and Margareta Cederfelt, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President/Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Migration...

OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina donates IT equipment to anti-corruption teams across the country

Publishing date: 25 March 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
From 16 to 25 March 2021, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) provided IT equipment to the anti-corruption teams across BiH. The delivery is part of the Mission’s efforts to combat corruption...

OSCE launches report on the Institution of Additional Judges as a Potential Threat to Judicial Independence in BiH

Publishing date: 23 March 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 23 March 2021- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) published today the report The Institution of Additional Judges as a Potential Threat to Judicial Independence in BiH.

OSCE Mission to BiH supports Month of Roma Women’s Activism

Publishing date: 8 March 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Roma and Sinti
On the occasion of the Month of Roma Women’s Activism, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) will support the campaign of Roma women’s network “Success”...

OSCE concludes workshops on international co-operation and mutual legal assistance in asset recovery for South-Eastern Europe

Publishing date: 5 March 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
The OSCE held an online workshop on international co-operation in asset recovery and cross-border collaboration for 11 criminal justice practitioners from Bosnia and Herzegovina from 3 to 5 March 2021.

OSCE welcomes adoption of the BiH Strategy for Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons

Publishing date: 25 February 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SARAJEVO, 25 February 2021- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) welcomes today’s adoption of the 2021-2024 BiH Strategy for Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and its action plan by the BiH Council of Ministers...