The Draft Law on Amendments to the Criminal Code of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is currently open for public discussion, which we used to propose amendments that would improve the position of LGBTI people and women in Bosnia and Herzegovina by harmonising the Criminal Code with the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing … Continued
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
Judges and prosecutors have emphasized how important it is to educate the local judicial practitioners about the human rights of LGBTI persons, and that these educations regarding LGBTI human rights are very useful for their work.