Press statement | 10.02.2020 Ombudsmen welcome new legal solutions in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina that will improve the position of unemployed maternity wards and children Parliamentary Assembly of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ombudsmen of Bosnia and Herzegovina Prof. Dr. Ljubinko Mitrović, Dr. Jasminka Džumhur and Nives Jukić find extremely important and support the adoption of the new Law on Fundamentals of Social Protection, Protection of Civilian Victims of War and Protection of Families with Children in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. If planned, all unemployed maternity wives in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina would receive a monthly benefit of 60 percent of the average wage. In addition, the adoption of a new Law for all children in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina would be the same amount of child allowance. The Ombudsmen also welcome all the activities of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the aim of passing the Law on the Special Register of Persons Convicted of Criminal Offenses against Sexual Freedom and Morality against Children and Minors. Ombudsmen have advocated for new legal solutions for years in their Special reports and in the annual activity reports of the Ombudsman Institution, which is presented to the entity parliaments and the Assembly of the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and submitted to the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The issue of maternity benefits was discussed by the Ombudsmen within the framework of a Special report on the status of maternal and maternity protection in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. All other special reports, analyzes and annual reports can be found on the website of the Ombudsman Institution: www.ombudsmen.gov.ba 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 ActivitiesPosjeta ombudsmenke dr. Jasminke Džumhur Kazneno-popravnom zavodu ZenicaSastanak ombudsmenke dr. Jasminke Džumhur s predstavnicima ambasade Kraljevine NizozemskeSastanak ombudsmena dr Nevenka Vranješa s predstavnicom Helsinškog parlamenta građana u BanjaluciOmbudsmenke na sastanku Posebne grupe za reformu javne upraveOmbudsmenke razgovarale sa Specijalnim izvjestiocem UN-a za prava na slobodu mirnog okupljanja i udruživanjaOmbudsmenka dr. Jasminka Džumhur na Info sesiji ENNHRI-aActivities 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