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Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author(s): Faris Vehabović
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Balkan Human Rights Network

Summary/Abstract: This report will concentrate on surveying the protection of human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina with special focus on the right to education, the right to work with the disabled, marginalised and vulnerable groups, as well as the right to accede to practice of rights through institutions which primarily deal with the protection of human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The principal issue of effective protection of human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina is reflected in the legal nature of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter: the BiH Constitution), but also in relations between the BiH Constitution and ratified international documents for the protection of human rights, primarily the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (hereinafter: the European Convention). This is because the answer to this question will give an answer to how efficient institutional protection of human rights can be established in the material sense, but also, psychology-wise, mirrored in the citizens' trust to state institutions as well as institutions which primarily deal with the protection of human rights.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 46-86
  • Page Count: 41
  • Language: English