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July 28, 2022, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
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Decision TC1 05038 – The proper interpretation of the ‘generalized risk’ exception to protection found at subparagraph 97(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, in claims for protection involving allegations of gang-targeting or other acts of criminality.
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Decision MB8-00025 – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses, in applying Article 1E of the Refugee Convention, whether members should consider allegations of risk in a country of residence if they conclude that a refugee claimant has the rights and obligations which are attached to the possession of nationality in that country.
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Decision TB7-19851 – Nigeria – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses internal flight alternatives in major cities in south and central Nigeria for claimants fleeing non-state actors.
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The country documentation referenced in each of these decisions has been included in s.16 of the updated National Documentation Packages published on July 10, 2018.
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Decision TB7-01837 – Pakistan – Whether the treatment experienced by Ahmadis in Pakistan amounts to persecution, whether state protection is available and whether there is a viable internal flight alternative.
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Decision MB6-01059/60 – India – Availability of an internal flight alternative in India for claimants from Punjab.
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Decision TB6-11632 – China – Analysis of the efficacy of the Chinese national computer network known as the Golden Shield Project and its impact on whether a person wanted by the authorities can exit China via an airport using a genuine passport.
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31 August 2023
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Source:
United Nations. Geospatial Information Section.
Date of Document:
1 March 2007
Accessed Date:
30 October 2012
Title:
Bosnie-Herzégovine. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
26 July 2016
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
13 June 2022
Accessed Date:
21 June 2022
Title:
Informations générales. République de Bosnie-Herzégovine. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
2 September 2020
Accessed Date:
6 June 2022
Title:
Bosnie-Herzégovine : La situation sécuritaire des Bosniaques dans la municipalité de Prijedor
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
19 January 2018
Accessed Date:
6 June 2022
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina: assessing health systems capacity to manage large influx of refugees and migrants: Joint report on a mission of the Health Authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the WHO Regional Office for Europe
Source:
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe.
Accessed Date:
6 June 2022
Title:
Sixtieth report of the High Representative for Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Secretary-General of the United Nations
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
1 November 2021
Accessed Date:
6 June 2022
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina. BTI 2022 Country Report.
Date of Document:
February 2022
Accessed Date:
6 June 2022
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 March 2023
Accessed Date:
1 August 2023
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Amnesty International Report 2021/22: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
29 March 2022
Accessed Date:
6 June 2022
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina. World Report 2022: Events of 2021.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2022
Accessed Date:
6 June 2022
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Freedom in the World 2022.
Accessed Date:
6 June 2022
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2021 Report. 2021 Communication on EU Enlargement Policy.
Code:
SWD(2021) 291 final/2
Source:
European Union. European Commission.
Date of Document:
19 October 2021
Accessed Date:
6 June 2022
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Nations in Transit 2022.
Accessed Date:
6 June 2022
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Bosnia and Herzegovina Country Focus.
Source:
European Asylum Support Office
Date of Document:
November 2016
Accessed Date:
22 June 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
13 April 2017
Accessed Date:
11 July 2017
Title:
ECRI Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina (fifth monitoring cycle)
Source:
Council of Europe. European Commission against Racism and Intolerance.
Date of Document:
28 February 2017
Accessed Date:
22 June 2017
Title:
Hate Speech Among Politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Source:
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Date of Document:
July 2021
Accessed Date:
6 June 2022
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/34/BIH/1
Source:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date of Document:
22 October 2019
Accessed Date:
6 June 2022
Title:
Compilation on Bosnia and Herzegovina
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/34/BIH/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
30 August 2019
Accessed Date:
6 June 2022
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Bosnia and Herzegovina
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/34/BIH/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
14 August 2019
Accessed Date:
6 June 2022
Title:
Information received from Bosnia and Herzegovina on follow-up to the concluding observations on its third periodic report
Source:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date of Document:
20 January 2022
Accessed Date:
6 June 2022
Title:
Visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
Source:
Human Rights Council
Date of Document:
12 May 2020
Accessed Date:
6 June 2022
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Law on Citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Unofficial Consolidated Text.
Source:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Accessed Date:
21 June 2022
Title:
Bylaw of 2014 on Specified Evidence of Eligibility for Acquisition of the Citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina through Naturalization or Facilitated Naturalization
Source:
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Accessed Date:
25 July 2014
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
22 June 2022
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Source:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Date of Document:
31 May 2021
Accessed Date:
6 June 2022
Title:
Grappling with Bosnia's Dual Crises
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
9 November 2021
Accessed Date:
6 June 2022
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Election for President of 7 October 2018.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Election for Predstavnicki Dom (House of Representatives) of 7 October 2018.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Election for Dom Naroda (House of Peoples) of 7 October 2018.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
A Decree on the Proclamation of the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence
Source:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Accessed Date:
25 July 2014
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina. WAVE Country Report 2021. Women's Specialist Support Services in Europe and the impact of COVID-19 on their provision.
Source:
Women Against Violence Europe
Date of Document:
December 2021
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Orange report 6. Report on the State of Human Rights of Women in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2020
Source:
Sarajevo Open Centre
Author:
Delila Hasanbegović; Amina Dizdar
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Sixth periodic report submitted by Bosnia and Herzegovina under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2017
Source:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date of Document:
11 July 2018
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
5 December 2019
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
List of issues and questions in relation to the sixth periodic report of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Addendum: Replies of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the list of issues and questions
Code:
CEDAW/C/BIH/Q/6/Add.1
Source:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date of Document:
26 August 2019
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Report submitted by Bosnia and Herzegovina pursuant to Article 68, paragraph 1 of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: Baseline Report
Source:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date of Document:
3 July 2020
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
11 February 2019
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Child Labor and Forced Labor Reports
Source:
United States. Bureau of International Labor Affairs.
Date of Document:
September 2021
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe and Central Asia 2022.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
10 February 2022
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Pink Report 2022. Annual Report on the State of Human Rights of LGBTI Persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Source:
Sarajevo Open Centre
Date of Document:
23 May 2022
Author:
Amil Brković et al.
Editor:
Emina Bošnjak; Darko Pandurević
Accessed Date:
22 June 2022
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
1 July 2021
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
1 November 2021
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Country Reports on Terrorism 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
16 December 2021
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Reply from Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Questionnaire for the evaluation of the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings by the Parties
Code:
GRETA(2018)26_BIH_rep
Source:
Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
Date of Document:
7 September 2020
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Fourth Evaluation Round. Corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors. Evaluation Report: Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Code:
Greco Eval IV Rep (2015) 2E
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of States Against Corruption.
Date of Document:
22 February 2016
Accessed Date:
11 July 2016
Title:
UPDATE: A Guide to Legal Research in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date of Document:
June 2017
Author:
Mirela Rožajac-Zulčić
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Report to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 11 to 21 June 2019
Source:
Council of Europe. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Date of Document:
14 September 2021
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
10.
Police and Security Forces - (No items in this section)
Title:
Media Freedom in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Source:
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina. International Religious Freedom Report for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
2 June 2022
Accessed Date:
22 June 2022
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Fourth Report submitted by Bosnia and Herzegovina pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 2 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
Code:
ACFC/SR/IV(2016)007
Source:
Bosnia-Herzegovina. Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees.
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
26 June 2017
Title:
Alternative Report to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). Minority Rights Group International : Review of the Periodic Report of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
15 May 2015
Accessed Date:
15 July 2015
Title:
Collateral Damage of the Dayton Peace Agreement: Discrimination Against Minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Twenty Years On
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
14 December 2015
Accessed Date:
11 July 2016
Title:
Information received from Bosnia and Herzegovina on follow-up to the concluding observations on its combined twelfth and thirteenth periodic reports
Code:
CERD/C/BIH/FCO/12-13
Source:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date of Document:
16 January 2020
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Protracted Displacement in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Redress and Reconciliation Challenges. Global Overview 2015: People internally displaced by conflict and violence
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council; Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
6 May 2015
Author:
Alexandra Bilak et al.
Accessed Date:
15 July 2015
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 30 June 2022:
Title:
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 April 2022
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/bosnia-and-herzegovina
Accessed Date:
26 May 2022
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