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Location Year of election Election type Recommendation # in final report Type of recommendation Thematic area Secondary thematic area Type of change required Status of implementation Comment
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2018 EOM Presidential and Parliamentary
A gender quota that ensures parity of male and female candidates on candidate lists should be considered, and dissuasive sanctions for not complying with the quota should be applied. Political parties should facilitate women’s political advancement, increase visibility of female candidates during electoral campaigns, and integrate gender issues into their platforms. To encourage this, consideration could be given to increases in state funding for parties that promote gender equality, additional free access to public media for women candidates, and annual party subsidies to fund women’s wings of political parties.
Recommendation # in final report: 16
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area: Participation of Women
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Partially
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Candidate Registration
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022 EOM Presidential and Parliamentary
The capacity of the Central Election Commission should be strengthened to effectively monitor and investigate campaign finance operations. The Central Election Commission should be legally obliged to audit all financial reports by political parties and candidates in a timely manner and promptly publish the results of such audits.
Recommendation # in final report: 16
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Campaign Finance
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Partially
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Campaign Finance
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024 EOM Local elections
To prevent the misuse of administrative resources, consideration should be given to legally defining and prohibiting extraordinary government expenditures from the call of an election, except in the event of a declared state of emergency.
Recommendation # in final report: 16
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Campaign
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Campaign Environment
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 2025 SEAM Local and Presidential elections
The method of funding of the public media broadcasting service on both state and entity levels should ensure their stable, consistent and predictable funding and operation.
Recommendation # in final report: 16
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Media
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Media
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 2010 EOM Parliamentary and Local elections
There could be greater objectivity and diversity in the reporting of public broadcasters, especially when covering activities of state authorities, which could be achieved by fully respecting editorial independence.
Recommendation # in final report: 16
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Media
Type of change required: Practice
Status of implementation: Partially
Year of assessment: 2018
Final report heading: Media
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014 EOM Parliamentary and Local elections
Consideration could be given to requiring all electoral contestants to open dedicated bank accounts for campaign financing, through which all campaign transactions could be made.
Recommendation # in final report: 16
Type of recommendation: Priority
Thematic area: Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area: Legal Framework
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Fully
Year of assessment: 2022
Final report heading: Campaign Finance
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 2018 EOM Presidential and Parliamentary
The law should be amended to prescribe proportionate and dissuasive sanctions for violations. A reasonable deadline for auditing and publishing all campaign finance reports and the audit conclusions should be established by the law or set by the CEC.
Recommendation # in final report: 17
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area: Legal Framework
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Partially
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Campaign Finance
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022 EOM Presidential and Parliamentary
To increase the transparency of campaign finance and accountability for financial violations, the regulatory framework should prescribe proportionate and dissuasive sanctions for violations.
Recommendation # in final report: 17
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Campaign Finance
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Partially
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Campaign Finance
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024 EOM Local elections
To increase transparency of campaign finance, deadlines for submission and publication of interim campaign finance reports should ensure timely publication prior to election day. To guarantee voters’ informed choice, the information about campaign incomes and expenditures for each electoral competition in each municipality should be made available to voters.
Recommendation # in final report: 17
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Campaign Finance
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Campaign Finance
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 2025 SEAM Local and Presidential elections
To ensure effective remedy and access to information of public interest, the law should prescribe clear deadlines for expeditious adjudication of media-related complaints as well as timely publication of comprehensive information on complaints received during the election period.
Recommendation # in final report: 17
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Media
Secondary thematic area: Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Media
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