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BiH Alternative Report 2016: Political criteria

Sarajevo Open Centre is the coordinating organization of The Initiative for Monitoring the European Integration of BiH which made the fourth in a row Alternative Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina and its path towards the European Union membership. The report is a joint effort of dozens of individuals and organizations, whose common goal was to … Continued

Federation of BiH finally adopts hate crime regulation

Six years after Republika Srpska and Brčko District, Federation of BiH also regulated hate crimes through its Criminal Code. The amendments to the Criminal Code of FBiH including hate crime regulation were adopted in the FBiH’s Parliament in April of 2016, but were only published in the FBiH’s Official Gazette No 46/16 on 15th of … Continued

Conference: It is time for same sex partnership in BiH

The Final Conference namedIt is time for same-sex partnership in BiH: Private and family life of LGBTI people of the EU-funded project “Enhancing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans rights in BiH in line with EU the standards” thwill take place on Thursday, 30 June 2016.

Photographers Without Borders: Sarajevo’s first unofficial pride parade

By Mel Hattie, Photographers Without Borders Sarajevo is a city unlike my own. The language is Bosnian; Islam is the majority religion; the coolest place to hang out is an old Ottoman market; there’s a nostalgia for communism; the youth unemployment rate is 60 per cent; downtown buildings are riddled with bullet holes; and there … Continued