Bosnia Herzegovina
ILGA-Europe members
ILGA-Europe news and articles
- Report and monitor hate crime - submissions to European and international institutions
- Attacks at Sarajevo Queer Festivals (26/09/2008)
Resources
- ILGA-Europe Annual Review 2011 on Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe in Serbo/Croatian, 2011
- ILGA-Europe's submission to the 2010 Progress Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
- ILGA-Europe’s submission to the European Commission’s 2009 Progress Report on Bosnia Herzegovina
- Report by Q on Queer Sarajevo Festival 2008
- IGLHRC and ILGA Europe Letter to the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH regarding the Law Against Discrimination
- Baseline Study on Faith-based Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Challenges of Non-patriarchal Approaches and Communities
- The Invisible Q? Human rights issues and concerns of LGBTIQ persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Anti-discrimination
Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is prohibited in the areas of employment, and provision of goods and services.
Legal gender recognition of trans people
Bosnia and Herzegovina has administrative procedures to obtain legal gender recognition - however only after compulsory sterilisation.
Partnership recognition
Bosnia and Herzegovina does not provide any legal recognition of same-sex partnerships.
Parenting rights
Neither joint nor second parent adoption is available to same-sex couples in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Criminal law on hate speech/crime
Laws on hate and violence do not refer to sexual orientation or gender identity and do not recognise sexual orientation neither gender identity as aggravating factor.
Freedom of assembly/Pride events
Pride events have never taken place /never been applied for.
Criminal law on age of consent
The age of consent is equal for all sexual acts.
Asylum
Learn more about LGBTI asylum in Albania in our asylum section.
