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 Dejana Kozomara Useful Links Office Days of the BiH Ombudsman Agreements of the Ombudsperson Institution of BiH with other ombudsman institutions Covid-19 and the human rights effect LYRA On-Line Platform for reporting discrimination Freedom of Access to Information Cooperation with NGO Marrakech Declaration, 12th October 2018 Operational Strategy of the Institution of Human rights Ombudsman of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Period 2016. – 2021. Medium-Term Plan 2022-2024 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 ActivitiesOmbudsmenka Nives Jukić na prijemu u američkoj ambasadiOmbudsmen prof. dr. Ljubinko Mitrović na Međunarodnoj konferenciji o usaglašavanju pravne regulative sa pravnim tekovinama Evropske unijeOmbudsmenka dr. Jasminka Džumhur na samitu u AnkariOmbudsmeni Bosne i Hercegovine na sjednici Predstavničkog doma Parlamentarne skupštine Bosne i HercegovineOmbudsmenke dr. Jasminka Džumhur i Nives Jukić na sastanku sa Visokom komesarkom Ujedinjenih nacija za ljudska pravaZajednička komisija za ljudska prava Parlamentarne skupštine Bosne i Hercegovine usvojila Godišnji izvještaj ombudsmenaActivities Archive Related documentsGuidelines from the Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture to Member States and NPM/PM relating to the Covid-19 PandemicSpecial 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 Annual Report on results of the activities of the Institution of Human Rights Ombudsman of BiH for 2021Special Report on Situation in Institutions where Children in Conflict with the Law are Placed, December 2021Methodology of visits to the institutions where children in conflict with the law are placed in order to establish the state of facts, december 2021Special Report on Hate Speech in Bosnia and Herzegovina, July 2021