Home > Departments > Department For The Protection of the Rights of Persons Deprived of their Liberty Department For The Protection of the Rights of Persons Deprived of their Liberty Department For The Protection of the Rights of Persons Deprived of their Liberty within the Institution of Ombudsman for Human Rights BiH receives complaints and ex officio initiates investigations in cases when it finds violations and problems in realization of the rights originating from the European Prison Rules, Minimum UN Rights for Prisoners Treatment, European Convention on Prevention of Torture, European Convention on Human Rights. Department For The Protection of the Rights of Persons Deprived of their Liberty: Carries out permanent fight for protection of fundamental and all other rights and freedoms of prisoners; Within their competencies, shall undertake measures and activities to investigate justified complaints of convicted persons and in relation to the proceedings of eventual human rights violations; Indicates positive regulations for the status and position of rights and obligations of convicted persons as well as the way of acting of the employees of competent services in penitentiary institutions and plead for their consistent application; Analyses and points out key reasons of malfunctioning of the authority structures that deal with issues related to Persons Deprived of their Liberty; Removes obstacles for consistent of international conventions ratified by BiH. Head of Department/Assistant Ombudsman Vedrana Pavlović Expert Consultant - Lawyer Dejana Kozomara 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 Related documentsSpecial Report on Situation of Human Rights in the Institutions for Execution of Criminal Sanctions in B&HEuropean Prison RulesEuropean Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 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"