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 - Lawyer Lejla Sadiković Bajramović Expert Conslutant - Lawyer Selma Jahić Expert Associate - Lawyer Fatima Aganbegović Fifić Useful Links Office Days of the BiH Ombudsman LYRA On-Line Platform for reporting discrimination Freedom of Access to Information Cooperation with NGO Marrakech Declaration, 12th October 2018 Infographics for 2017 Annual Report Operational Strategy of the Institution of Human rights Ombudsman of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Period 2016. – 2021. Medium-Term Plan 2020-2022 Annual Financial Report for 2018 Annual Financial Report for 2017 Annual Financial Report for 2016 Annual Financial Report for 2015 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 ActivitiesSastanak ombudsmenke dr. Jasminke Džumhur sa zastupnicom Predstavničkog doma Parlamentarne skupštine BiH Mirjanom Marinković LepićOmbudsmeni na sjednici Zajedničke komisije za ljudska prava Parlamentarne skupštine Bosne i HercegovineSastanak ombudsmenke Jasminke Džumhur sa predstavnicima Alzheimer udruženja „AiR“ - SarajevoOmbudsmen prof.dr. Ljubinko Mitrović održao konsultativni sastanak o suprotstavljanju trgovini ljudima u Bosni i HercegoviniOmbudsmenka dr. Jasminka Džumhur u Tirani na Konferenciji o dijalogu sa mladima u rizikuOmbudsmeni Bosne i Hercegovine na prijemu povodom Nacionalnog praznika BugarskeActivities Archive Latest publications Special Report on the Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, February 2020Special Report on Experience in the Application of the Law on Freedom of Access to Information in Bosnia and HerzegovinaP-297/19 - Ensure the implementation of international instruments to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violenceSpecial Report "Prohibition of corporal punishment of children in Bosnia and Herzegovina"