Universal Periodic Review

Universal Periodic Review Recommendations Monitoring Instrument: Proposal by Civil Society Organisations

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was created by the United Nations General Assembly in 2006. It is a unique peer review mechanism that reviews the human rights situation of all...

Invitation to the Conference on the „Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on the State of Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina“

Sarajevo Open Centre invites you to a conference on the „Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on the State of Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina“, which will be held on...

Advocacy factsheets with recommendations for improvement of human rights in BiH

Representatives of BiH Civil Society Initative for UPR, an informal coalition coordinated by Sarajevo Open Centre, participated last month at a panel within the pre-session wich...

SOC participates in the UPR pre-session in Geneva

Rasim Ibrahimagic will represent Sarajevo Open Centre (SOC) and talk about Bosnia and Herzegovina at a panel within the pre-session wich is the part of third UPR (Universal...

PUBLICATION: Shadow Report for the 3rd Universal Periodic Review on the state of human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina

In the last four years Bosnia and Herzegovina faced many challenges which had an effect on the protection of human rights of the BiH citizens – numerous irregularities and...

UPR Shadow Report Officially Submitted by Civil Society Organisations

As it was announced in December 2018, Sarajevo Open Centre (SOC) has joined the process of promoting human rights protection through the United Nations mechanism - the Universal...