11.05.2012 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Bosnia-Herzegovina: Submission for European Commission Progress Report [EUR 63/007/2012]"

Report on human rights violations linked to the war of 1992-1995 (impunity for crimes of sexual violence; no access to justice for survivors of wartime sexual violence; no access to remedy and reparation) [ID 216546]

11.05.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Mladic defence team wants 'biased' trial judge replaced"

Lawyers representing the former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic have asked for the presiding judge at his trial to be replaced; they say the judge is biased, and want the trial to be postponed [ID 216627]

03.05.2012 - Source:Balkan Insight 

"Bosnian Broadcasters Run By Parties, Union Says"

According to the Association of Journalists, the main broadcasters in Bosnia's Federation and Republika Srpska are under control of big political parties [ID 215803]

30.04.2012 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 

"Bosnian Court Rules Against Ethnic Segregation In Schools"

Court rules that ethnic separation of students in some local schools amounts to discrimination; the lawsuit was filed by the rights group Vasa Prava, which says there are still 34 schools in Bosnia without ethnically mixed classes [ID 215443]

26.04.2012 - Source:Council of Europe - European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 

"Report to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 5 to 14 April 2011 [CPT/Inf (2012) 15]"

Report on the treatment of prisoners and the conditions of detention (law enforcement agencies; prison establishments; Lukavica Immigration Detention Centre; psychiatric establishments; social care homes) [ID 215393]

26.04.2012 - Source:Council of Europe - European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 

"Response of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on its visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 5 to 14 April 2011 [CPT/Inf (2012) 16]"

Response of the Bosnian government to the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on the treatment of prisoners and conditions of detention [ID 215392]

24.04.2012 - Source:Balkan Insight 

"Sarajevo Students Protest Back Abused Lesbian"

Sarajevo: Dozens of students protest in support of a student who says she was verbally abused by a faculty staff after revealing that she was lesbian [ID 214916]

23.04.2012 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 

"Terrorism Charges Filed For U.S. Embassy Shooting In Bosnia "

Sarajevo: State Prosecutor's Office files terrorism charges against 3 people accused of carrying out a shooting attack on U.S. embassy in October 2011 injuring a local policeman [ID 214736]

20.04.2012 - Source:Balkan Insight 

"Bosnian Lesbian Abused by Faculty Librarian"

Sarajevo: After announcing that she was gay, a student says she was verbally abused by a librarian while her companion was physically attacked by a nurse [ID 214569]

12.04.2012 - Source:Balkan Insight 

"Corruption Rife on Bosnian Campuses"

Article on corruption at universities [ID 213631]

11.04.2012 - Source:Balkan Insight 

"Boundaries Still Unresolved in ex Yugoslav Countries"

Report by NGO Safeworld finds several boundary issues among former Yugoslav countries unresolved [ID 213521]

05.04.2012 - Source:Balkan Insight 

"HRW: Bosnia Discriminates Against its Minorities"

Minorities, such as Roma or Jews are excluded from taking part in national politics, according to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW); according to current laws, parliament posts are reserved for representatives of the 3 largest ethnic groups, Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats only [ID 213142]

04.04.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Second Class Citizens: Discrimination Against Roma, Jews, and Other National Minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina"

Report on discrimination against national minorities (discrimination in politics and public institutions; discrimination against Roma in daily life; lack of access to basic services) [ID 213103]

29.03.2012 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Old crimes, same suffering: No justice for survivors of wartime rape in North-East Bosnia and Herzegovina."

North-East Bosnia and Herzegovina: Report on survivors of wartime rape [ID 212764]

29.03.2012 - Source:Balkan Insight 

"Bosnian Rape Victims Still Need Help"

Government fails to help people who were subjected to rape and sexual violence during the war, according to Amnesty International [ID 213074]

26.03.2012 - Source:Balkan Insight 

"Censorship in Bosnian State Court"

Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina introduces new rules which limit the electronic media's access to whole trials; journalists and experts express discontent about the decision [ID 212699]

14.03.2012 - Source:Balkan Insight 

"ICMP Seeks to Help Families of Missing"

Officials of International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) are informing families of missing persons about their rights and about the search for missing persons [ID 212150]

12.03.2012 - Source:Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina 

"Report on Activities of the Legal Aid Office of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina (HCHR BiH) (1 January 2011 – 31 December 2011)"

Annual report of the Helsinki Committee's Legal Aid Office (right to a fair trial, non-enforcement of court decisions, non-compliance with the constitutional court decisions, prosecutor's offices, administrative bodies, discrimination, social rights, right to employment, children's rights, law on free access to information) [ID 216244]

12.03.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Justice For Atrocity Crimes"

Report on the prosecution of war crimes (knowledge transfer; institution building; transition strategy; politics and justice) [ID 211908]

12.03.2012 - Source:Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina 

"Report on the Status of Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Analysis for the period January - December 2011)"

Report on the status of human rights from January to December 2011 (discrimination; judiciary and administration reform; education; refugees and displaced persons; freedom of the media; environmental situation; attacks on religious buildings; attacks on protectors of human rights) [ID 216245]

07.03.2012 - Source:Konrad Adenauer Stiftung 

"2012 - Jahr der EU in Bosnien und Herzegowina"

Report on the political situation and ambitions to join the European Union [ID 211520]

06.03.2012 - Source:Balkan Insight 

"'Whistleblowers' Boost Bosnia's War on Graft"

An association of whistleblowers was officially founded to support whistleblowers and their fight by giving them advice and protection after they go public with documents [ID 211438]

03.2012 - Source:UN Human Rights Committee 

"Briefing from Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children" , Author: Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children

Brief report of the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children on corporal punishment in Bosnia and Herzegovina [ID 212498]

28.02.2012 - Source:Balkan Insight 

"Bosnia Federation Urged to Speed Return Process"

Parliament has asked the government to invest more efforts into returning refugees and displaced persons to their pre-war homes [ID 211235]

24.02.2012 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 

"Threats Drive Bosnian Education Official To Resign, Flee Country"

Sarajevo canton: Top education official Emir Suljagic resigns and leaves the country after fierce criticism from Muslim clerics and threats against his life [ID 210980]