Pink Report 2019. Annual Report on the State of the Human Rights of LGBTI People in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pink Report 2019. Annual Report on the State of the Human Rights of LGBTI People in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Summary/Abstract: During 2017, the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina (MHRR BiH) developed and sent a draft 2018-2020 Action Plan for Equality of LGBTI persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina to Entity governments. The Action Plan follows the structure of recommendations of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to member states concerning prevention of discrimination on grounds of SOGI, and contains and overview of the state of affairs, necessary measures and expected results. At a session held in September 2018, the Government of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) gave a positive opinion about the received Draft, noting that it needed certain corrections with regard to the financial framework, methodology of evaluation of implemented activities, and inclusion of some governmental bodies as leading institutions (JPTC FBiH, for example). One can conclude that a minor progress has been achieved in this field in FBiH, noting that the date of adoption is uncertain, considering that no further measures have been taken since, and that a new FbiH Government is currently in the process of establishment. The Government of Republika Srpska (RS) gave a negative opinion about the proposed Draft because “public consultations with competent institutions of the RS were not conducted during the development process”. Until the time of writing this report, the Brčko District Government did not issue an opinion about the draft Action Plan for equality of LGBTI persons.

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