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SIXTH BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
PERIODIC REPORT
ON IMPLEMENTING THE CONVENTION ON
ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
(2013-2016)
July 2017
BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
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LIST OF ANNEXES
I. Institutional mechanisms for gender equality in BiH
II. Statistical data and researches
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ANNEX I - Institutional mechanisms for gender equality in BiH
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ANNEX II –Statistical data and researches
Table no. 1 – Live births and deaths by gender, Women and man in BiH, AS BiH
Graphic no. 1 Live births and deaths, Women and man in BiH, AS BiH
Graphic no. 2 Natural increase of BiH population, Women and man in BiH, AS BiH
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Graphic no.3 Total fertility rate in BiH, Women and man in BiH, AS BiH
Table no. 2 Total live births by number of children, Women and man in BiH, AS BiH
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Table no. 3 Average age of mother by childbirth order of live births, Women and man in BiH, AS BiH
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Table no. 4 Live births by educational attainment of parents, Women and man in BiH, AS BiH
Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total cases 0 1 4 4 5 5 8 4 2 3 4 14
Total processed persons
0 1 4 4 7 5 13 4 2 4 4 22
Table no. 5 Cases of war crimes with the elements of sexual violence for the period of 2005 – 2016, The
Court of BiH
Criminal proceedings against total number of persons
Convictions Acquitted of charges
Punishment of long term imprisonment for convicted persons
70 67 M 3 F 53 51 M 2 F 17 16 M 1 F 695 years
Table no. 6 Convictions of perpetrators of sexual violence in the armed conflict, The Court of BiH
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Type of data
2013 2014 2015 2016
FBiH RS FBiH RS FBiH RS FBiH RS
Reported to police 1669 x 1459 1236 X 1089 X 1096
Reports submitted by police
916 x 992 525 x 353 X 460
Reported to Prosecutor's Offices
1078 x 837 x 871 x 881 x
Charged by Prosecutor's Offices
540 x 532 x 452 x 391 x
Requests for imposing protective measures
153 x 168 x 165 x 516 x
Imposed protective measures
231 x 293 x 213 x 623 x
No. of cases at courts
324 x 229 x 420 x 471 x
No. of convictions 319 x 311 x 351 x 414 x
No. of persons at safe houses
323 94 373 98 264 X X x
No. of phone calls to SOS phones
1004 3969 1103 3647 914 x X x
Table no.7 Data on SOS phones, safe houses and registered cases of domestic violence in BiH;
Graphic no. 4 Women who have experienced any form of violence after the age of 15, Study on distribution of violence against women, 2013.
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Graphic no. 5 Prevalence rate of various types of violence against women, Study on distribution of violence against women, 2013
Graphic no. 6 Overall violence rates for women from urban and rural communities, Study on distribution of violence against women, 2013
Table no. 8 Prevalence of various types of violence identified by the perpetrator and context, Study on distribution of violence against women, 2013
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Table no. 9 Overall violence rates for various age groups of women, Study on distribution of violence against women, 2013
Graphic no. 7 Prevalence rate of partner violence by education of women and education of the partner, Study on distribution of violence against women, 2013
Table no. 10 Data from Ministry of Security of BiH by the mentioned offenses.
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Year 2012 2013 2014 2015
Total number of victims
39 16 49 35
Minors 19
Adults 20
Minors 9
Adults 7
Minors 37
Adults 12
Minors 17
Adults 18
F 36 M 3 F 11 M 5 F 35 M 14 F 27 M 8
Sexual exploitation
20 3 10 6
Production, possession and child pornography
1
Incitement to prostitution
3 1
Hard labor - begging
13 4 24
Begging 7 31
Hard labor-exploitation
3
Sale for forced marriage
3 4
Sale for forced marriage /begging
2 4
Foreigners 121 22 33 0
BiH citizens 27 14 46 35
Table no. 11 Data on number of victims of trafficking in human beings (2012 -2015), Ministry of Security of BiH
1 Serbia, Germany and Bulgaria 2 Serbia 3 Kosovo, Sri Lanka, Croatia
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Table no. 12 Representatives and Delegates in the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH by sex in period 2014 – 2018, Men and women in BiH, AS BiH.
Table no. 13 General data on elections for the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH, Men and women in BiH, AS BiH
Table no. 14 General data on elections for the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of FBiH (2014 – 2018), Men and women in BiH, AS BiH
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Table no. 15 General data on elections to the National Assembly of RS (2014 – 2018), Men and women in BiH, AS BiH
Table no. 16 Analysis of distribution of men and women at all positions in Ministries of BIH
Positions gender ministry
employees civil servants managerial civil servants
% m and f
M F M F M F % women
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of BiH
99 40 (28%) 125 143 (53%) 5 0 (0%) 26%
Ministry of Justice of BiH
101 48 (32%) 31 43 (58%) 7 3 (30%) 40%
Ministry of Communication and Transport of BiH
7 14 (66%) 31 29 (48%) 6 0 (0%) 33%
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH
13 31 (70%) 41 78 (40%) 9 0 (0%) 37%
Ministry of Finance and Treasury of BiH
6 26 (81%) 34 74 (68%) 4 7 (63%) 66%
Ministry of Defense of BiH
36 54 (60%) 84 58 (40%) 10 0 (0%) 33%
Ministry of Civil Affairs of BiH
13 34 (72%) 24 60 (71%) 9 2 (18%) 40%
Ministry of Security of BiH
9 1 (10%) 47%
Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of BiH
12 25 (67%) 23 30 (56%) 2 8 (80%) 63%
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Table no. 17 Gender structure of judges and prosecutors by level and type of judiciary institution,
HJPC of BiH, 2016
Graphic no. 8 Gender structure of judges and prosecutors of BiH 2016, HJPC of BiH, 2016
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100
200
300
400
500
600
700
courts prosecutor's offices
women
men
Level
Institution Men Women Total
BiH court 27 (51%) 26 (49%) 53
prosecutor's office 31 (52,5%) 28 (47,5%) 59
Supreme Court of FBiH 11 (25%) 33 (75%) 44
Prosecutor's Office of FBiH 6 (50%) 6 (50%) 12
High Commercial Court 4 (57,1%) 3 (42,9%) 7
Supreme Court of RS 8 (36,36%) 14 (63,64%) 22
Prosecutor's Office of RS 7 (53,84%) 6 (46,16%) 13
Cantons courts 37 (27,61) 97 (72,39%) 134
prosecutor's offices 98 (48%) 106 (52%) 204
District courts 37 (36,63%) 64 (63,37%) 101
prosecutor's offices 41(48,89%) 43 (51,11%) 84
Municipal courts 152 (36%) 270 (64%) 422
Basic courts 78 (38,42%) 125 (61,58%) 203
Brock District basic court 11 (57,89%) 8 (42,11%) 19
prosecutor's office 4 (44,44%) 5 (55,56%) 9
appellate court 4 (50%) 4 (50%) 8
TOTAL 556 (39,88%) 838 (60,12%) 1394
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Level Institution Men Women Total
BiH court 1 1
prosecutor's office 1 1
Entity FBiH court 1 1
prosecutor's office 1 1
Entity RS court and high commercial court
1 1 2
prosecutor's office 1 1
Cantonal court 2 8 10
prosecutor's office 5 4 9
District courts and high commercial courts
6 4 10
prosecutor's office 3 2 5
Municipal court s 15 16 31
Basic court s 14 6 20
Brčko District Appellate court 1 1
Basic court 1 1
Prosecutor’s office 1 1
TOTAL 55 41 96
Table no. 18 Gender structure of managers of judiciary institutions in u BiH 2016, HJPC of BiH, 2016
Name of institution % of participation of women
Positions occupied by women
Directorate for coordination of police bodies
5% Police officers or senior police officers
State investigation and protection agency (SIPA)
14.52% Police officers and junior inspectors
Border police of BiH 7.03% Police officers/junior inspectors
Police of Brčko District 4.8%
Ministry of internal affairs of RS 7.8% Police officers, inspectors and senior inspectors
Cantonal Ministries of internal affairs in FBiH
7.3% Police officers and junior inspectors
Federal police administration 7.8% Senior police officers or senior inspectors
Federal ministry of internal affairs and Cantonal Ministries of internal affairs
46.06% Administration
Ministry of Defense of BiH 22% Managerial positions
Armed forces of BiH 2.5% Managerial positions
Ministry of Security of BiH 47.08% Total percentage of women in Ministry of security
Table no. 19 Distribution of women in police forces
Graphic no.9 Gender structure of civil servants in the institutions of BiH, Men and women in BiH, AS BiH
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Table no. 20 Ambassadors and General Consuls in Diplomatic-Consular Offices of BiH, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Table no. 22 Pre-school, primary and secondary education in BiH by school years and gender, Men and women in BiH, AS BiH
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Table no. 22 Pupils enrolled in first grade of primary and secondary school in school year 2014/2015,Men and women in BiH, AS BiH
Graphic no. 10 Children with special needs in pre-school institutions in the school year 2014/2015 ,
Men and women in BiH, AS BiH.
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Graphic no. 11 Number of children in primary and secondary schools for children with special needs in
the school year 2014/2015, Men and women in BiH, AS BiH
Graphic no. 12 Secondary education by the type of school in the school year 2014/2015, Men and
women in BiH, AS BiH.
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Table no. 23 Students in institutions of higher education by mode of studying,
Men and women in BiH, AS BiH
Table no. 24 Masters of science, specialists and doctors of science on the high school institutions, Men
and women in BiH, AS BiH
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Table no. 25 Graduated students by education fields and sex in school year 2013/2014, Men and women
in BiH, AS BiH.
Graphic no. 13 Graduated students by school years and sex,
Men and women in BiH, AS BiH
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Table no. 26 Employees in education by academic year and sex,
Men and women in BiH, AS BiH
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Table no. 27 Basic population characteristics by activity and sex, Survey on manpower, AS BiH, 2014
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Graphic no. 14 Structure of employed and unemployed persons by the highest education level attained and sex, Survey on manpower, AS BiH, 2014
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Graphic no. 15 Measures of the activity of the population by sex, Survey on manpower, AS BiH, 2014
Table no. 28 Structure of persons in employment by employment status, Survey on manpower, AS BiH,
2014 .
Graphic no. 16 Structure of unemployed persons by duration of unemployment in 2014, Survey on manpower, AS BiH, 2014
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Graphic no. 17 Structure of persons in employed persons by groups of sections of economic activities,
Survey on manpower, AS BiH, 2014 .
Table no. 29 Employed persons working full-time or part-time, Survey on manpower, AS BiH, 2014
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Table no. 30 Average hours usually worked per week on main job by groups of sections of economic
activities, Survey on manpower, AS BiH, 2014.
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Graphic no. 18 Pension beneficiaries by sex, Survey on manpower, AS BiH, 2014.
Graphic no. 19 Disability pensions, Survey on manpower, AS BiH, 2014
Table no. 31 Social welfare beneficiaries, Survey on manpower, AS BiH, 2014
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Graphic no. 20 Minor beneficiaries of social welfare by type of category and sex, Man and Women in
BiH, AS BiH, 2014
Graphic no. 21 Adult beneficiaries of social welfare by type of category and sex,
Man and Women in BiH, AS BiH, 2014
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Table no. 32 Minor beneficiaries of social welfare by basic categories and age groups, Man and Women in BiH, AS BiH, 2014
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Table no. 33 Adult beneficiaries of social welfare by basic categories and age groups, Man and Women in BiH, AS BiH
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Table no. 34 Residents of institutions for children and adolescents without parental care, Man and
Women in BiH, AS BiH
Table no. 35 Residents of social welfare institutions for physically and mentally impaired children,
adolescents and adults by age groups, Man and Women in BiH, AS BiH
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Graphic no. 22 Residents of social welfare institutions for adults by reason of institutionalization in 2014,
Man and Women in BiH, AS BiH, 2014.
Graphic no. 23 Employees in the social welfare institutions, Man and Women in BiH, AS BiH
Graphic no.24 Employees in the institutions for children and adolescents without parental care, Man and
Women in BiH, AS BiH
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Graphic no. 25 Deaths by age groups and sex, Man and Women in BiH, AS BiH, 2014
Table no 36 Average age of deaths, Man and Women in BiH, AS BiH
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Graphic no. 26 Death by cause of deaths and sex, Man and Women in BiH, AS BiH,2014.
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Table no. 37 Violent deaths by type and sex, Man and Women in BiH, AS BiH
Graphic no. 27 Stillbirths by sex, Man and Women in BiH, AS BiH, 2014
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Graphic no. 28 Infant deaths by sex, Man and Women in BiH, AS BiH, 2014
Table no. 38 Marriages by sex and age groups, Man and Women in BiH, AS BiH.
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Table no. 39 Previous marital status of newlyweds, Man and Women in BiH, AS BiH
Graphic no. 29 Divorces by sex and age groups, Man and Women in BiH, AS BiH, 2014.
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Table no 40 Divorces by duration of marriage and number of supported children, Man and Women in BiH, AS BiH.