Alternative Report The 3rd alternative report on the implementation of CEDAW and women’s human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2010) Annex on changes in law and practice (2013)
Publisher: Sarajevo Open Centre (SOC), BiH Date: July 2013 Volume: 126 pages, pdf Description This Alternative Report is the result of a joint action of women’s NGOs in BiH, under the coordination and support of the NGOs Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Banja Luka and “Rights for All” from Sarajevo. The report has a particular value in terms of experiential and realistic addressing the issue of the position of women in BiH. This is the 3rd Alternative Report prepared by women’s groups and organizations in BiH2, and it focuses on monitoring the situation by 2006 CEDAW Committee Key Recommendations, updating the data and findings from previous reports and analysis of specific positive aspects, difficulties and challenges in the protection and realization of women’s rights in practice over the past five years. The Report also points out to the key aspects of women’s human rights violations and contains recommendations of the BiH civil sector that are defined in terms of requirements for the active role of the State and government institutions at all levels in facilitating the improvement and the actual application of formal and legal principles and public policies, and achieving compre- hensive protection of women’s human rights in practice.