Public policy

BiH, a year and a half after adopting the Law on Sports, still has not formed the Sports Council

The amended Law on Sports in Bosnia and Herzegovina came into force in September 2016. The Law introduced the obligation to form the BiH Sports Council, advisory body to the...

Amendments to the BiH institutions’ Labor Law submitted

With the aim to improve the current regulation of maternity leave and protection from discrimination (harmonization with the BiH Law on Prohibition of Discrimination),...

CAMPAIGN: Recognize Sexual Harassment!

Women, from the earliest age, are often victims of sexual harassment. It happens at school, on the street, at work, in the public city transport, at home, during concerts, in the...

GENDER-SENSITIVE LANGUAGE TO BE USED ON UNIVERSITY DIPLOMAS

Sarajevo Open Centre, earlier this year, filed a request for examination of violations of the BiH Law on Gender Equality. The ground for filing this request is in the fact that...

Marking the 8th of March in the Parliament of the Federation of BiH

Sarajevo Open Centre, as an organization which advocates the full respect of human rights and the social inclusion of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans*) persons and women...

NGOs are demanding the Institution of the Ombudsman investigates the systematic violations of the Law on Combating Domestic Violence in the Federation of BiH

Sarajevo Open Centre, Medica Zenica, the Foundation for Local Democracy Sarajevo, Vive žene Tuzla, Žena BiH Mostar, Žene s Une Bihać and Žene Ženama (Women for Women)...