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Ensuring Accountability for Domestic Violence
This paper provides an analysis of sentencing practices of Bosnia and Herzegovina's courts in domestic violence criminal proceedings, based on the Mission’s monitoring findings. After a review of relevant international standards and the national legal framework on domestic violence, it analyses in detail: the types of sanctions applied, the mitigating and aggravating circumstances considered by the court, the legal mechanisms of warrant for pronouncement of sentence and plea agreements, and compensation awards to victims. It also formulates a number of recommendations for judges and prosecutors dealing with domestic violence cases.
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- OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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- Combating trafficking in human beings, Rule of law
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