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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

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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.