Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008: Legal Provisions, Practice and International Human Rights Standards in the Bosnia and Herzegovina with Public Opinion Survey

Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008: Legal Provisions, Practice and International Human Rights Standards in the Bosnia and Herzegovina with Public Opinion Survey, Human Rights Centre, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, 2009

25 Pages Posted: 24 Oct 2012

See all articles by Faris Vehabovic

Faris Vehabovic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Lada Sadikovic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Midhat Izmirlija

University of Sarajevo

Adnan Kadribasic

University of Sarajevo - Center for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies

Bozana Vaskovic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Rebeka Kotlo

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Elma Veledar-Arifagic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Lejla Hadzimesic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Zarije Seizovic

University of Sarajevo

Andela Lalovic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Masa Hilcisin

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Davor Marko

Independent

Saida Mustajbegovic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Amra Mehmedic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Miroslav Zivanovic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: May 24, 2008

Abstract

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, there is a gap between rights recognized by obligatory international and regional instruments and defined in national constitutional and legislative framework, and the way they are implemented and respected in practice. Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina provides primacy of collective rights – rights of constituent peoples (Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs) over collective rights even though the European Convention on Human Rights has supremacy over all other law in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This in large scale leads to negative estimation of condition of human rights protection of citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the country that wants to be member to European Union its citizens who do not declare themselves as members of one of the three constituent peoples still have certain political rights denied. This brought Bosnia and Herzegovina before the European Court of Human Rights to which discriminated citizens appealed. State is additionally complex by administrative-territorial organization of the state (state, entities, Brčko District, cantons/counties, municipalities).

This paper looks at the protection of the right to privacy and family life, home and correspondence as one of the fundamental rights whose enjoyment is a precondition for appropriate functioning of every democratic society and in particular how this right relates to the legal system in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Suggested Citation

Vehabovic, Faris and Sadikovic, Lada and Izmirlija, Midhat and Kadribasic, Adnan and Vaskovic, Bozana and Kotlo, Rebeka and Veledar-Arifagic, Elma and Hadzimesic, Lejla and Seizovic, Zarije and Lalovic, Andela and Hilcisin, Masa and Marko, Davor and Mustajbegovic, Saida and Mehmedic, Amra and Zivanovic, Miroslav, Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008: Legal Provisions, Practice and International Human Rights Standards in the Bosnia and Herzegovina with Public Opinion Survey (May 24, 2008). Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008: Legal Provisions, Practice and International Human Rights Standards in the Bosnia and Herzegovina with Public Opinion Survey, Human Rights Centre, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2166306

Faris Vehabovic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Lada Sadikovic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Midhat Izmirlija

University of Sarajevo

Obala Kulina bana 7
71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Adnan Kadribasic (Contact Author)

University of Sarajevo - Center for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies ( email )

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bozana Vaskovic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Rebeka Kotlo

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Elma Veledar-Arifagic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Lejla Hadzimesic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Zarije Seizovic

University of Sarajevo

Obala Kulina bana 7
71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Andela Lalovic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Masa Hilcisin

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Davor Marko

Independent

Saida Mustajbegovic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Amra Mehmedic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Miroslav Zivanovic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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