Research and Reports
last updated March 22, 2006
 
Legislation in the Member States of the Council of Europe in the Field of Violence Against Women, prepared in part by Jill Radford, United Kingdom, for the Council of Europe's Steering Committee for Equality Between Men and Women, March 2004 (Doc. EG 2004 2).
This report details national legislation dealing with violence against women in 38 of the 45 Council of Europe member states. In 1995, the Council requested member states to complete a questionnaire on relevant legislation, and subsequent research completed by the Council allowed for a survey of the varying legislation of member states. The report consists of two volumes, ending with a list of good practices and effective legislation prohibiting violence against women. Pages 51-61 contain information on Bosnia and Herzegovina.
 
2004 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 28 February 2005.
Section 5 of the report contains a paragraph on the status of women in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a subsection on trafficking.

Human Rights in the OSCE Region: Europe, Central Asia and North America, Report 2004 (Events of 2004), International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 23 June 2004. (PDF, 13 pages).
This report discusses the situation of general human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina .
 
Europe, Central Asia, and Northo America Region. Quarterly Reports on Field Offices, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2003. (26 pages).
This report found that the State Commission, a law enforcement body charged with implementation of a National Action Plan Against Trafficking , and other law enforcement agencies were not given adequate support by the state government and that there were severe shortcomings in the provision of shelter to vulnerable victims.
 
Epidemiological Facts Sheets on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Bosnia and Herzegovina, UNAIDS, WHO and UNICEF, 2002. (PDF, 13 pages).
This report provides statistical and other information on HIV/AIDS in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A Form of Slavery: Trafficking in Women in OSCE Member States, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 19 June 2000.
This report is based on information gathered through questionnaires and contains data on such issues as existing legislation, government policies, NGO initiatives, and victim support services for twenty-nine countries in the FSU, including Bosnia.

Hopes Betrayed: Trafficking of Women and Girls to Post-Conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina for Forced Prostitution, Human Rights Watch, November 2002, Vol. 14, No. 9 (D).
This report provides an overview of the situation regarding trafficking of women and girls in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The report also describes the domestic and international law governing trafficking in Bosnia and concludes by making recommendations.

Human Rights in the OSCE Region: Europe, Central Asia, and North America, Report 2003 (Events of 2002), International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 24 June 2003. (PDF, 10 pages).
This report focuses on elections, conditions in prisons and detention facilities, religious intolerance, xenophobia, racial discrimination, hate speech, returnees, displaced persons and international humanitarian law.

A Human Rights Report on Trafficking of Persons, Especially Women and Children, The Protection Project, March 2002.
This report provides background and case examples of trafficking in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The report also describes the domestic and international law governing trafficking in Bosnia.

Integration of the Human Rights of Women and the Gender Perspective - Violence Against Women, Addendum 1, Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 27 Feb. 2003. (PDF, 435 pages). 
This report has information regarding the status of women in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Information on Bosnia and Herzegovina can be found on page 345.

Report on the State of Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Analysis from January - December 2002), Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2002, No: 27A-12/2002.
This report provides an overview of the human rights situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the year 2002. Specifically the report describes the prevalence of domestic violence and sexual abuse. Additionally, the report also discusses the problem of human trafficking.

Women 2000 - An Investigation into the Status of Women's Rights in Central and South-Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States, International Helsinki Foundation, 5 November 2000 (PDF, 17 pages).
This report describes the legal framework addressing sexual abuse and trafficking, as well as the effects of the country's post-conflict situation. 

World Report 2003: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Human Rights Watch, 2003.
This report discusses Bosnia and Herzegovina's developments in human rights. It also discusses what role the international community has played in this development.

2003 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 25 February 2004.
This report discusses the situation of human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina and has separate sections on women and trafficking in persons.

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