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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 2024 EOM Local elections
Continuous efforts should be made in close co-operation with civil society organizations working with persons with disabilities, to ensure persons with disabilities can vote autonomously, including ensuring the premises and layout of polling stations are suitable for independent access and providing electoral information in formats accessible to persons with disabilities, including voters with visual impairments.
Recommendation # in final report: 12
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Participation of Persons with Disabilities
Secondary thematic area: Election Administration
Type of change required: Practice
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Election Administration
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024 EOM Local elections
To avoid challenges in acquiring electoral goods and services, the CEC should have sufficient financial and organizational resources in place.
Recommendation # in final report: 13
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Election Administration
Type of change required: Practice
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Election Administration
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024 EOM Local elections
To increase trust in the voter register and improve its accuracy, the authorities should consider conducting a comprehensive audit of the Central Voter Register and the civil register.
Recommendation # in final report: 14
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Voter Registration
Type of change required: Sub-legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Voter Registration
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024 EOM Local elections
To ensure full compliance with the legal provisions in support of equal electoral participation of women, the CEC should strictly enforce the legally prescribed gender quota on all candidate lists and only register lists that comply with the quota.
Recommendation # in final report: 15
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Participation of Women
Secondary thematic area: Candidate Registration
Type of change required: Practice
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Candidate Registration
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
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024 EOM Local elections
The capacity of the Central Election Commission should be strengthened to enable it to effectively monitor and investigate campaign finance.
Recommendation # in final report: 18
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area: Election Administration
Type of change required: Practice
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Campaign Finance
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024 EOM Local elections
The existing structure of the public broadcasting service, including its legislative basis, on both state and entity levels, should be reconsidered, with the aim to ensure independent public media broadcasters. A stable, predictable, fair and enforceable system of funding that enables their free operation should be the priority.
Recommendation # in final report: 19
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Media
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Media
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024 EOM Local elections
To further encourage women’s participation as candidates, consideration could be given to increase the amount of free airtime available for female candidates and the state funding allocated to them.
Recommendation # in final report: 20
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Participation of Women
Secondary thematic area: Media
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Media
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024 EOM Local elections
As previously recommended by ODIHR, all public broadcasters should provide impartial coverage in their news and political programmes. The legal provisions on this requirement should explicitly address the coverage not only of registered election contestants but also of public officials who take part in the campaign.
Recommendation # in final report: 21
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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