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Bosnia and Herzegovina
2025
SEAM
Local
and Presidential
elections
To ensure a level playing field, the election law should be amended to prevent incumbents and other officials from misusing public resources and official positions, and to prohibit budgetary allocations and financial awards after the call of elections. In cases of violations, timely and dissuasive sanctions should apply to all participants and public officials.
Recommendation # in final report:
11
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Electoral Campaign
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2025
SEAM
Local
and Presidential
elections
While regular political activities should not be prohibited before the official campaign period, expenditure incurred on campaign activities from the call of elections could count towards the campaign spending limit and be included in the campaign finance reports in order to enhance transparency and prevent circumvention of such limits.
Recommendation # in final report:
12
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
2025
SEAM
Local
and Presidential
elections
To ensure equal campaign conditions, consideration could be given to providing public funding to all political parties represented in the entity parliaments or reimbursing campaign expenditures of the contestants, conditioned upon receiving a minimum number of votes and presenting proof of expenditure.
Recommendation # in final report:
13
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
2025
SEAM
Local
and Presidential
elections
In line with international good practice, third-party campaigning should be regulated in a comprehensive manner to ensure transparency of campaign finances and avoid circumvention of the spending limits.
Recommendation # in final report:
14
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
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
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
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2025
SEAM
Local
and Presidential
elections
As previously recommended, the Communication Regulation Agency could be mandated to conduct full media monitoring of all broadcasters during the election campaign to assess their compliance with the requirements for balanced and impartial coverage.
Recommendation # in final report:
18
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2025
SEAM
Local
and Presidential
elections
To enhance the effectiveness of the election dispute resolution, consideration could be given to extending to citizen election observers the right to file formal complaints, including at election commissions and the courts.
Recommendation # in final report:
19
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Dispute Resolution
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2025
SEAM
Local
and Presidential
elections
To increase the efficiency of the election dispute resolution, the appeals against the Central Election Commission’s decisions could be directly submitted to the court.
Recommendation # in final report:
20
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Dispute Resolution
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