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Location Year of election Election type Recommendation # in final report Type of recommendation Thematic area Secondary thematic area Type of change required Status of implementation Comment
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2010 EOM Parliamentary and Local elections
Deadlines should be introduced for the CEC to audit campaign financing. The CEC should strengthen its resources to enable a proper, accurate and timely audit.
Recommendation # in final report: 17
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area: Election Administration
Type of change required: Sub-legal
Status of implementation: Not implemented
Year of assessment: 2018
Final report heading: Campaign Finance
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014 EOM Parliamentary and Local elections
To improve transparency and accountability, the law should require that campaign finance reports are made public and audited in a timely manner. Consideration could also be given to requiring electoral contestants to provide preliminary reports before election day to inform voters of the financing of campaigns prior to casting their vote.
Recommendation # in final report: 17
Type of recommendation: Priority
Thematic area: Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area: Legal Framework
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Partially
Year of assessment: 2022
Final report heading: Campaign Finance
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 2018 EOM Presidential and Parliamentary
Legislation deterring excessive concentration of media, both traditional and online, as well as providing for full transparency of media ownership, should be adopted.
Recommendation # in final report: 18
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Media
Secondary thematic area: Legal Framework
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not implemented
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Media
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022 EOM Presidential and Parliamentary
To enhance the scope of the information available for voters and promote balanced and impartial reporting in the news and current affairs programmes, the public broadcasting service should be granted a stable system of funding.
Recommendation # in final report: 18
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Media
Type of change required: Practice
Status of implementation: Not implemented
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Media
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024 EOM Local elections
The capacity of the Central Election Commission should be strengthened to enable it to effectively monitor and investigate campaign finance.
Recommendation # in final report: 18
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area: Election Administration
Type of change required: Practice
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Campaign Finance
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 2025 SEAM Local and Presidential elections
As previously recommended, the Communication Regulation Agency could be mandated to conduct full media monitoring of all broadcasters during the election campaign to assess their compliance with the requirements for balanced and impartial coverage.
Recommendation # in final report: 18
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Media
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Media
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 2010 EOM Parliamentary and Local elections
The BiH Election Law could be improved by removing the obligation for running candidates to submit property statements, while maintaining this obligation for all elected candidates at the beginning and expiry of their mandates. Public accountability could benefit from a credible checking system on the property asset declarations.
Recommendation # in final report: 18
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area: Legal Framework
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Year of assessment: 2018
Final report heading: Campaign Finance
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014 EOM Parliamentary and Local elections
The capacity and human resources of the CEC Audit Department could be strengthened in order to provide timely and effective oversight. In line with GRECO recommendations, the law should clearly define infringements of campaign finance rules and to introduce effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions for these infringements.
Recommendation # in final report: 18
Type of recommendation: Priority
Thematic area: Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area: Election Administration
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not implemented
Year of assessment: 2022
Final report heading: Campaign Finance
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 2018 EOM Presidential and Parliamentary
As previously recommended by ODIHR, all public broadcasters should provide impartial and balanced coverage in their news and political programmes to all parties and candidates.
Recommendation # in final report: 19
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Media
Secondary thematic area: Campaign
Type of change required: Practice
Status of implementation: Partially
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Media
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Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022 EOM Presidential and Parliamentary
The legislation should be amended to provide a clear definition of defamation, review sanctions for defamation to ensure proportionate and reasonable remedy, and provide for safeguards against abusing defamation law.
Recommendation # in final report: 19
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Media
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not implemented
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Media
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