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Bosnia and Herzegovina
2025
SEAM
Local
and Presidential
elections
The law should be amended to regulate online campaigning, including paid political advertising, and provide the oversight body with adequate resources to monitor the compliance of stakeholders with the regulations and impose proportionate, effective and dissuasive sanctions for violations.
Recommendation # in final report:
4
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Campaign
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Electoral Campaign
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2025
SEAM
Local
and Presidential
elections
To ensure integrity of and consistency in the results tabulation process, the law should prescribe clear, objective and comprehensive criteria for all types of recounts or control count, including those ordered ex officio by the Central Election Commission.
Recommendation # in final report:
7
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Day
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Post-Election Developments
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2025
SEAM
Local
and Presidential
elections
In a co-ordinated effort and according to clearly defined responsibilities, the state authorities should enhance the process of updating all pertinent registers and databases to provide an accurate basis for the voter register. To this end, consideration should be given to revising the mechanism of reporting and registration of deaths to ensure timely data exchange and correction of citizens’ records.
Recommendation # in final report:
9
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Voter Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Voter Registration
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2025
SEAM
Local
and Presidential
elections
As previously recommended, the discriminatory ethnicity- and residency-based candidate eligibility requirements should be reviewed in line with international standards and commitments.
Recommendation # in final report:
10
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2025
SEAM
Local
and Presidential
elections
To safeguard freedom of expression and safety of media professionals, defamation and libel should be decriminalized. Measures should be taken to protect media professionals from abusive defamation lawsuits.
Recommendation # in final report:
15
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2010
EOM
Parliamentary
and Local
elections
Legislation governing political party and campaign financing could be strengthened to improve the transparency of funding candidates’ election campaign. Detailed data on donations, incomes and expenditures could be publicly available and enforcement and accountability could benefit from requirements to report campaign finances prior to election day.
Recommendation # in final report:
5
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2018
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2010
EOM
Parliamentary
and Local
elections
State and entities laws and other regulations on the participation of women in public decision-making positions should be harmonized with the Law on Gender Equality. Particularly, the BiH Election Law could be reviewed in order to provide for greater representation of women as candidates and in elected bodies and lists of candidates, as well as on functions in the decision-making process in the governmental structures and judiciary.
Recommendation # in final report:
6
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Participation of Women
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Fully
Year of assessment:
2018
Final report heading:
Participation of Women
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2010
EOM
Parliamentary
and Local
elections
The BiH Election Law could be improved by removing the obligation for running candidates to submit property statements, while maintaining this obligation for all elected candidates at the beginning and expiry of their mandates. Public accountability could benefit from a credible checking system on the property asset declarations.
Recommendation # in final report:
18
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Year of assessment:
2018
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2010
EOM
Parliamentary
and Local
elections
The process of voting in the PS could benefit by a simplification of certain election day procedures. For example, the ballot papers need not be hand-counted before the opening of the PSs, so as to avoid their late opening. PSCs should not be required to retain the observer IDs, as these results in additional and unnecessary administrative hassle.
Recommendation # in final report:
22
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Day
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2018
Final report heading:
Election Day
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2010
EOM
Parliamentary
and Local
elections
The slow process of counting postal, absentee and tendered ballots and the central control check and tabulation of data from all PSC results protocols in the MCC in Sarajevo should be accelerated and a shorter deadline for producing the final election results established. In this respect, the law should include a provision that the postal ballots are counted only if they are received by the closing of the polls.
Recommendation # in final report:
25
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Day
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Year of assessment:
2018
Final report heading:
Election Day
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