Decentralized and fragmented organization of the system of powers, such is the one in BiH, is a fertile ground for different types of regulation of many rights, quite often resulting in a different status of citizens in different entities, cantons and municipalities. In public discourse, it often happens that different treatment of the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with regard to the place of residence, is presented as discrimination, no matter if it is justified or not.

Analitika’s new Commentary covers the complex issue of discrimination on the territorial basis. The Commentary points that the instruments providing protection against discrimination generally need to be flexible enough to be able to respond to changing circumstances and new forms of differential treatment of citizens, but also that judicial authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina yet have to come up with the right answers to the many and complex questions raised in terms of territorial affiliation as one of the grounds of discrimination.

This Commentary is published within the project “Equality for All: Civil Society Coalition against Discrimination“, and is implemented in cooperation with Mediacentar Sarajevo, Analitika – Center for Social Research, Rights for All and Vaša prava BiH. This project is financed by USAID and Open Society Fund Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This publication is published by the generous support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this Commentary are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.

More information about the AD program is available at: www.diskriminacija.ba.

The publication in local langauages is available HERE.