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On average, Roma and Sinti life expectancy is between five to twenty years shorter than that of the mainstream population. This is mainly due to preventable risks such as malnutrition, inadequate housing conditions and the inability to afford healthcare services, as well as the impact of racist and discriminatory practices from healthcare institutions and professionals.

The Annual Report provides an overview of the police-related programmes and projects, implemented by the thematic units in the Secretariat, the field operations and ODIHR during 2011. The topics that continued to dominate OSCE’s policing agenda were the fight against transnational threats, including those, emanating from organized crime and terrorism, and the promotion of the principles of democratic policing.

Relations with key political actors of BiH are of vital importance for the successful implementation of the Mission’s political and programmatic objectives and as such, remain at the top of the Mission’s priorities. Through the Political Outreach and Elections Unit, the Mission is monitoring political and other relevant activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region and assesses trends that might affect the political/security situation and its political impact on the Mission’s mandate implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Newsletter by the OSCE Secretariat

The publication comprises the internal and external assessments of the activities and the structure of the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors (AJPP). The internal assessment is focused on evaluating the decision-making processes, the management bodies, and the structure of the employees. This also includes the assessment of the training needs of management bodies and the employees of the AJPP, to raise their knowledge about diversity and gender equality. The analysis of the external activities assesses whether diversity and gender equality are included in the overall training conducted at the AJPP, including the bylaws for initial and continuous education and training, as well as the annual curriculums.

By supporting activities aimed at increasing the capacity of executive and legislative structures to work in the interest of citizens, ensure legislative oversight, and assist the country to achieve its reform policy goals, the Mission contributes to promoting stability and reconciliation in BiH by developing systems of governance. The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina works on safeguarding the main principles of democratic governance at all levels of authority and ensuring that institutions and governments in Bosnia and Herzegovina adhere to good governance standards to ensure that they are responsive, transparent, effective, representative of and accountable to citizens.

The purpose of this Guide is to describe and analyze hate incidents and hate crimes faced by Roma and Sinti, as well as the corresponding security challenges.

 

According to the 2013 census, women represent around 51 per cent of the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, they are under-represented across society, including in politics. Increasing women’s participation in politics would be beneficial for society as a whole, not only for women. Women’s participation in politics and elections, be it as candidates, voters, or party supporters, is a democratic principle that ensures that their needs are well addressed.

Coalition building is about individual organizations amplifying their voices by working together. Anti-Semitism, intolerance and discrimination are deeply embedded across the OSCE region and addressing them requires the combined efforts of many communities and organizations. It cannot be accomplished in any large measure by just one group acting on its own. By bringing together groups with different skills, experiences, resources and connections, coalitions can be a powerful ways to bring about large-scale, enduring changes to address issues of discrimination.