What do we do? The Institution of Human Rights Ombudsman/Ombudsmen of BiH handles complaints related to poor functioning or to human rights violations committed by any organ of Bosnia and Herzegovina, its entities and District Brcko. The cases are opened upon individual complaints filed by natural persons or legal entities, or ex officio. Determined inaccuracy and inconsistency in the actions of public authorities in resolving the employment status of the complainantThe Ombudsman was addressed by the complainant, dissatisfied with the way in which her employment status was resolved by the authorities. The constant appeals to the Ombudsperson Institution...Read moreEnabling persons living in one and working in other entity to claim tax refundsIn complaint case no Ž-BL-06-321/21, filed by S.D. of Istočno Novo Sarajevo, IHROBiH considered the issue of exercising the right to tax refunds by persons living in one and working...Read moreSaopštenje za javnostOmbudsmeni Bosne i Hercegovine pozdravljaju izmjene i dopune Uredbe o jedinstvenim kriterijima i pravilima za zapošljavanje branilaca i članova njihovih porodica u institucijama u Kantonu Sarajevo...Read moreRecommendation to the Municipal Court in SarajevoOn October 9, 2019, the Human Rights Ombudsmen of Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to initiate an ex officio case in order to monitor the bankruptcy proceedings against the property of the company...Read moreRecommendation to the Director of the Cantonal Public Utility Company "Park" d.o.o.On June 9, 2020, the Ombudsperson Institution received a complaint regarding the non-submission of documentation to the Tax Administration by the Cantonal Public Utility Company "Park"...Read moreRecommendation to the Administrative Inspection - Government of the Brčko District of BiH, Mayor's OfficeOn December 16, 2020, a party from Brčko addressed the institution of the Human Rights Ombudsman of Bosnia and Herzegovina, regarding the failure of the Government of the Brčko District...Read moreRSSMore News Useful Links Office Days of the BiH Ombudsman Covid-19 and the human rights effect LYRA On-Line Platform for reporting discrimination Freedom of Access to Information Cooperation with NGO Marrakech Declaration, 12th October 2018 Operational Strategy of the Institution of Human rights Ombudsman of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Period 2016. – 2021. Medium-Term Plan 2021-2023 Annual Financial Report for 2020 Annual Financial Report for 2019 Annual Financial Report for 2018 Annual Financial Report for 2017 Annual Financial Report for 2016 Annual Financial Report for 2015 Ombudsman Manual for handling discrimination cases Guidelines for filling in the complaints in the area of discrimination Application before European Court of Human Rights - Instruction The life of an application before the European Court of Human Rights News Archive We are protecting rights of natural persons and legal entities in accordance with the Constitution of BiH and international human rights instruments...Ombudsmen of BiH Ombudsman's ActivitiesOmbudsmenka dr. Jasminka Džumhur izlagala na skupu o govoru mržnjeOmbudsmenka Nives Jukić u Mostaru na skupu o govoru mržnjeOmbudsmenka Bosne i Hercegovine dr. Jasminka Džumhur u posjeti KPZ ZenicaOmbudsmen prof. dr. Ljubinko Mitrović jedan od panelista na godišnjoj konferenciji HUGEN mrežeOmbudsmenka dr. Jasminka Džumhur održala sastanak na temu ravnopravnog roditeljstvaOmbudsmen prof.dr. Ljubinko Mitrović održao sastanak povodom studentske prakse u instituciji OmbudsmenaActivities Archive Latest publications Annual Report on results of the activities of the Institution of Human Rights Ombudsman of BiH for 2020Special Report on the Role of Inspection Bodies in the Protection of Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 2020Special Report on the Situation of Victims of Domestic Violence in Canton 10, September 2020P-176/20 - Recommendation regarding the availability of laws and other general legal acts at all levels of the legislative power in Bosnia and Herzegovina