Home > Departments > Department For The Protection of the Rights of Persons Deprived of their Liberty Department For The Protection of the Rights of Persons Deprived of their Liberty Department For The Protection of the Rights of Persons Deprived of their Liberty within the Institution of Ombudsman for Human Rights BiH receives complaints and ex officio initiates investigations in cases when it finds violations and problems in realization of the rights originating from the European Prison Rules, Minimum UN Rights for Prisoners Treatment, European Convention on Prevention of Torture, European Convention on Human Rights. Department For The Protection of the Rights of Persons Deprived of their Liberty: Carries out permanent fight for protection of fundamental and all other rights and freedoms of prisoners; Within their competencies, shall undertake measures and activities to investigate justified complaints of convicted persons and in relation to the proceedings of eventual human rights violations; Indicates positive regulations for the status and position of rights and obligations of convicted persons as well as the way of acting of the employees of competent services in penitentiary institutions and plead for their consistent application; Analyses and points out key reasons of malfunctioning of the authority structures that deal with issues related to Persons Deprived of their Liberty; Removes obstacles for consistent of international conventions ratified by BiH. Head of Department/Assistant Ombudsman Vedrana Pavlović Expert Consultant Dejana Kozomara Useful Links Cooperation with NGO Office Days of the BiH Ombudsman Agreements of the Ombudsperson Institution of BiH with other ombudsman institutions Covid-19 and the human rights effect Freedom of Access to Information Marrakech Declaration, 12th October 2018 Operational Strategy of the Institution of Human rights Ombudsman of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Period 2023 – 2028 Medium-Term Plan 2025-2027 Medium-Term Plan 2024-2026 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 na konferenciji o ravnopravnosti spolova i pravima žena na tržištu rada u BiHOmbudsmenka dr. Jasminka Džumhur na sjednici Komisije za zaštitu ljudskih prava i sloboda Predstavničkog doma Parlamenta FBiHOmbudsmeni razgovarali s novoimenovanim ambasadorom EU u BiHOmbudsmenka dr. Jasminka Džumhur učestvovala na Okruglom stolu „Imam pravo na pitku vodu i čist zrak“Ombudsmenka dr. Jasminka Džumhur na Svečanoj sjednici ANUBiH-aOmbudsmenka dr. Jasminka Džumhur na sjednici Zakonodavno-pravne komisije Predstavničkog doma Parlamenta FBiHActivities Archive Related documentsGuidelines from the Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture to Member States and NPM/PM relating to the Covid-19 PandemicSpecial Report on Situation of Human Rights in the Institutions for Execution of Criminal Sanctions in B&HEuropean Prison RulesEuropean Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Latest publications Special report regarding the prevention of the risk of statelessness in Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 2024Special report on the situation in detention facilities in certain police administrations in Bosnia and HerzegovinaFollow-Up Report on the situation in care institutions for persons with intellectual and mental disabilities in Bosnia and HerzegovinaAnalysis of the implementation of the recommendations of the Ombudsman for Human Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina, April 2024