Home > Departments > Department for the Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Department for the Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Department for the Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of the Institution of Ombudsman for Human Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina receives complaints and ex officio initiates investigations in cases when violations and problems are found in realization of rights originating from the International Pact on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the rights from the European Social Chapter, especially when it finds: Any kind of discrimination based on race, skin color, gender, language, political or any other opinion, national or social origin, property state, birth or any other circumstance; Violation of right to vacation, entertainment, reasonable limitation of work time, periodical paid absence as well as paid holidays; Violation of rights that belong to every person related to establishing and membership in trade-unions; Violation of right to special protection that employed women have in case of delivery; Violation of right to fair conditions of work and right to safe and healthy labor conditions; Violation of right to strike; Violation of right to use service of social protection; Violation of right to education, especially right to primary and secondary education; Denying the right to participate in cultural life. Department for the Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of the Institution of Ombudsman for Human Rights of BiH shall inform competent organs and institutions as well as the public regarding economic, social and cultural rights. Head of Department/Assistant Ombudsman - Expert Conslutant Lejla Sadiković Bajramović Expert Conslutant Selma Jahić Expert Associate Fatima Aganbegović Fifić Expert Conslutant Miroslav Milovuk Expert Conslutant Maja Ćorić Useful Links Cooperation with NGO Office Days of the BiH Ombudsman Agreements of the Ombudsperson Institution of BiH with other ombudsman institutions Covid-19 and the human rights effect Freedom of Access to Information Marrakech Declaration, 12th October 2018 Operational Strategy of the Institution of Human rights Ombudsman of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Period 2023 – 2028 Medium-Term Plan 2024-2026 Ombudsman Manual for handling discrimination cases Guidelines for filling in the complaints in the area of discrimination Application before European Court of Human Rights - Instruction The life of an application before the European Court of Human Rights News Archive We are protecting rights of natural persons and legal entities in accordance with the Constitution of BiH and international human rights instruments...Ombudsmen of BiH Ombudsman's ActivitiesOmbudsmen dr. Nevenko Vranješ učesnik panel diskusije o garanciji lokalne autonomije u Federaciji Bosne i Hercegovine Ombudsmenka Nives Jukić na konsultativnom sastanku OHCHR-a o UPR-uOmbudsmenka dr Jasminka Džumhur na prijemu Ambasade Kraljevine Nizozemske u BiHOmbudsmen dr Nevenko Vranješ učesnik Okruglog stola “Pravni problemi u vezi sa ugovorima o (sub)specijalizaciji u oblasti medicine”Ombudsmenka dr. Jasminka Džumhur na predavanju za predstavnike porodica nestalih osoba i organizacija civilnog društva iz UkrajineOmbudsmenka dr. Jasminka Džumhur prisustvovala skupštini Udruženja poslodavaca Federacije Bosne i HercegovineActivities Archive Latest publications Special report on underage marriages in Bosnia and Herzegovina, January 2024Universal periodic review of the state of human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina - IV Cycle, March 2024Special report on the care of children without parental care with a special focus on the situation in institutions, September 2023Annual Report on results of the activities of the Institution of Human Rights Ombudsman of BiH for 2022