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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 2022 EOM Presidential and Parliamentary
The legislation should be amended to provide a clear definition of defamation, review sanctions for defamation to ensure proportionate and reasonable remedy, and provide for safeguards against abusing defamation law.
Recommendation # in final report: 19
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Media
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not implemented
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Media
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022 EOM Presidential and Parliamentary
Authorities should proactively publish information of public interest, including related to elections, in the public domain. Access to such information should be easy, prompt, effective and practical, facilitating a wide range of inquiries. Information requests should be reviewed swiftly; any refusals should have clear justifications.
Recommendation # in final report: 20
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Media
Type of change required: Practice
Status of implementation: Partially
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Media
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022 EOM Presidential and Parliamentary
To allow adequate time for the filing and handling complaints, deadlines could be brought in line with international good practice. The Central Election Commission should consider all complaints and appeals in a timely manner and be properly prepared and resourced to do so.
Recommendation # in final report: 21
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Partially
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Complaints and Appeals
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022 EOM Presidential and Parliamentary
To enhance transparency and accountability, the Central Election Commission and the courts should publish election-related complaints and decisions in a timely manner.
Recommendation # in final report: 22
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required: Practice
Status of implementation: Not implemented
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Complaints and Appeals
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024 EOM Local elections
The legislator should comprehensively address outstanding ODIHR recommendations, including lifting discriminatory residency and ethnic restrictions on suffrage rights to further align the legal framework with OSCE commitments, international standards, and good practice. Such a revision should be done through an open consultative procedure in advance of the next elections, providing sufficient time for an effective implementation.
Recommendation # in final report: 1
Type of recommendation: Priority
Thematic area: Legal Framework
Secondary thematic area: Candidate Registration
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Legal Framework and Electoral System
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024 EOM Local elections
To ensure equal suffrage in accordance with international standards, restrictions to the right to vote based on intellectual or psychosocial disability should be reviewed.
Recommendation # in final report: 2
Type of recommendation: Priority
Thematic area: Participation of Persons with Disabilities
Secondary thematic area: Voter Registration
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Voter Registration
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024 EOM Local elections
To ensure the secrecy of the vote, the layout of polling stations and the positioning of polling booths should be reconsidered.
Recommendation # in final report: 3
Type of recommendation: Priority
Thematic area: Election Day
Secondary thematic area: Election Administration
Type of change required: Practice
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Election Day
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024 EOM Local elections
To ensure equal representation of women, additional temporary special measures should be considered.
Recommendation # in final report: 4
Type of recommendation: Priority
Thematic area: Participation of Women
Secondary thematic area: Candidate Registration
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Candidate Registration
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024 EOM Local elections
Defamation should be de-criminalized. Interference with the activities of journalists and media personnel should not be tolerated, and authorities should fulfil their duty to protect the safety of media staff through effective and timely protective measures.
Recommendation # in final report: 5
Type of recommendation: Priority
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 2024 EOM Local elections
The legal deadlines for consideration of complaints by the election administration and the judiciary should be adjusted in order to ensure timely and effective provision of remedies against electoral violations. All CEC decisions should be subject to judicial appeals.
Recommendation # in final report: 6
Type of recommendation: Priority
Thematic area: Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Secondary thematic area: Legal Framework
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Election Dispute Resolution
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