Tolerance and non-discrimination
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina works to strengthen human rights-based practices and standards to combat discrimination by collaborating with legislative, judicial and governmental institutions at all levels of governance, as well with as the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Institution of Human Rights Ombudsman, civil society organizations, and human rights defenders.
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The Mission supports BiH institutions mandated to address discrimination, inter alia, the Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees of BiH, the BiH Institution of Human Rights Ombudsman and the judiciary, with an additional focus on civil society organizations, universities and the general public.
The Mission monitors the trends of discrimination as well as court proceedings, increasing the capacity of legal professionals and raising public awareness through country-wide campaigns. It also works on strengthening civil society’s capacity to actively participate in prevention and protection from discrimination by providing tailor-made training courses and undertaking an advisory role.
The Mission produces reports, analyses and policy briefs with recommendations to competent authorities on how to improve their work in combating discrimination. A special focus is placed on enhancing the capacities of the judiciary to apply international human rights standards and harmonize practices within Bosnia and Herzegovina with the European Court of Human Rights case law.
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