PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE BIH LAW ON PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE BIH LAW ON PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION
Author(s): Inela Hadžić, Vladana Vasić, Saša Gavrić, Goran Selanec, Adrijana Hanušić, Emina Bošnjak, Samra Filipović-HadžiabdićSubject(s): Gender Studies, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Evaluation research, Social differentiation
Published by: Sarajevo Open Centre
Keywords: amendment; proposal; law; discrimination; BiH;
Summary/Abstract: During the implementation of the BiH Law on Prohibition of Discrimination (LPD) since its adoption in 2009, certain drawbacks and omissions were noticed that led to scarce and unbalanced implementation of this law in practice. Also, the BIH Law on Prohibition of Discrimination is not aligned with the European Union’s (EU) acquis. Alignment of BiH’s legal system, i.e. antidiscrimination legislation in this case, with the EU legal system is one of the requirements for BiH’s EU membership. Under the Structured dialogue for the judiciary (2014) and at an Interim Committee session (Stabilisation and Accession Agreement, 2013 session), the European Commission explicitly invited BiH to align this law with the EU acquis. In this regard, there was a need for civil society organisations to indicate and propose certain solutions for individual articles of the law. Joint work of the Agency for Gender Equality of BIH, Sarajevo Open Centre and our collaborators resulted in the development of this document.
Journal: Human Rights Papers
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 16
- Page Range: 1-34
- Page Count: 34
- Language: English