On the 32nd thematic session of the Joint Committee for Human Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliament, that took place yesterday (6 December 2016) in Sarajevo, the Special report on rights of LGBT persons in BiH was presented.
The session of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of B&H is scheduled for Tuesday, 5 April 2016, and in addition to several other draft laws the three laws drafted with the input from Sarajevo Open Centre will have their first reading. These are the laws in question: the new Law on Human Rights … Continued
In front of the Ministry of Interior of the Republika Srpska will speak Chief of Police Education, Mile Šikman, in front of the Ombudsman Institution will speak Predrag Raosavljević, and in front of the Banja Luka Association of queer activists, Jasenko Suljetovića.
These two-day consultations were aimed at informing the members of the Initiative on European law, EU integration, the mechanisms for the protection of human rights, independent human rights bodies, as well as the manner in which Croatia formed these bodies (good practices) in order for members to be devoted to drafting the Law on the Human Rights Ombudsman and to propose amendments to the Anti-discrimination Law in the coming period.
Human rights organisations have sent an initiative to the Institution of Human Rights Ombudsman of BiH to produce an report on the human rights of LGBT persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Open Centre has sent and initiative on the behalf of BH human rights organisations gathered for the common advocacy for the rights od … Continued