Publications

Factsheet on the Community engagement initiative in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Facts sheet on the Local First Initiative in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Factsheet on the work of the OSCE Mission to BiH in combating gender-based violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Factsheet on the work of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in monitoring and support of the development, adoption and implementation of a more effective education legislative framework in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Mission has actively supported primary and secondary school curricular reform since 2002, advocating for educational standards in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to reflect human rights values and contemporary educational approaches common in the OSCE area.

This paper provides an analysis of sentencing practices of Bosnia and Herzegovina's courts in domestic violence criminal proceedings, based on the Mission’s monitoring findings. After a review of relevant international standards and the national legal framework on domestic violence, it analyses in detail: the types of sanctions applied, the mitigating and aggravating circumstances considered by the court, the legal mechanisms of warrant for pronouncement of sentence and plea agreements, and compensation awards to victims. It also formulates a number of recommendations for judges and prosecutors dealing with domestic violence cases.

The purpose of this guide is to address general problems of unemployment, lack of adequate support and education programs as well as obstacles in the working environment that lead persons with disabilities into a difficult situation in terms of finding and keeping a job. This guide is not available in English.

The purpose of this reference paper produced with the support of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina is to serve as a tool not only to raise awareness of human trafficking for the purpose of labour exploitation, but also to increase understanding of relevant authorities on trafficking for labour exploitation in general.

This report documents findings from trials of individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes monitored by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina at both the state and entity level between 2005 and 2010. It considers to what extent the framework for war crimes processing has served to bolster the delivery of justice in war crimes cases and the overall efficiency of the criminal justice system in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Within the BiH justice sector, the enforcement of criminal sanctions is a crucial component in assessing the sector’s overall functionality, effectiveness, and compliance with international human rights standards. Further, an effective and credible system of execution of criminal sanctions secures individual rights of incarcerated persons, the public’s safety, and improves the confidence of citizens in the justice sector as a whole.