BANJA LUKA, 3 July - Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Rick Holtzapple, visited Banja Luka on 2 and 3 July for meetings with representatives of Republika Srpska institutions, political parties and the media, reaffirming the Mission's commitment to dialogue and co-operation with stakeholders across Bosnia and Herzegovina.

It is important to know what is a hate crime. When a hate crime is committed, one or more perpetrators target the victim, which can be one or more people or property, because of a protected aspect of the victim's identity, such as religion or ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or disability. Similarly, a hate incident is an act of hostility motivated by prejudice or bias that does not necessarily reach the threshold of a criminal offence, or the criminal nature of which is yet to be determined. A hate crime is any crime where the perpetrator is driven by prejudice or bias.

17 June 2026, SARAJEVO - Strengthening survivor protection and improving enforcement of protection measures through the introduction of electronic monitoring were the focus of a high-level working meeting convened today by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mission) and UN Women Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UN Women).