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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
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2024
EOM
Local
elections
The system of calculating campaign expenditure limits could be revised to provide for adequate financing of election campaigns. Sanctions for the violations of campaign finance rules should have a dissuasive effect but at the same time be proportionate to the severity of the violation.
Recommendation # in final report:
7
Type of recommendation:
Priority
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
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
2025
SEAM
Local
and Presidential
elections
To increase the effectiveness of campaign finance oversight, and as previously recommended, the Central Election Commission’s capacity should be strengthened to ensure effective monitoring and investigation of campaign finance operations. The law should introduce strict deadlines for the Central Election Commission to audit all financial reports and to promptly publish the results of such audits.
Recommendation # in final report:
5
Type of recommendation:
Priority
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
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
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
Deadlines should be introduced for the CEC to audit campaign financing. The CEC should strengthen its resources to enable a proper, accurate and timely audit.
Recommendation # in final report:
17
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2018
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
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