Sarajevo, January 28, 2025: The Federal Ministry of Justice’s intention to penalize the publication of personal photos, videos, and other content without consent through fines and imprisonment, as proposed in amendments to the Criminal Code of the Federation of BiH, opens the door to abuse and...

Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) successfully launched a series of training sessions for journalists in Sarajevo on February 6, 2024, the aim of which is to strengthen the fight against corruption through media reporting. The training was aimed at informing journalists and...

Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina is organizing a training for journalists and activists entitled “Protection from repressive measures – rights and safety of journalists and activists”, which will be held on February 6, 2024 in Sarajevo at the Holiday Hotel,...

Banja Luka, July 18, 2023 – Media representatives, activists and citizens gathered this morning in protest at Trg Krajine and held a march to the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska, where the MPs are today debating and voting on the introduction of defamation into the Criminal Code...

Srdjan Blagovcanin, a senior representative of the Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina, criticised the decision of authorities in Bosnia’s Republika Srpska entity to criminalize defamation and their announcement of a new law treating the work of non-profit organizations,...

Banja Luka, March 23 – Despite numerous warnings and reasoned criticisms from journalists, civil society organizations and the international community, including reactions of rapporteurs of the United Nations, the European Union, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and numerous others, the ruling...

Banja Luka, March 15, 2023 – The UN special rapporteurs for the protection of the right to freedom of opinion and the right to freedom of peaceful assembly asked the authorities of the Republic of Srpska to withdraw the changes to the Criminal Code of the RS criminalizing defamation, and this...

Banja Luka, March 9th  2023 – Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina strongly condemns last night’s attacks on the property of journalists Nikola Morača and Aleksandar Trifunović that happened in Banja Luka, as well as yesterday’s threats and insults against journalist...

Berlin, 8. mart 2023. – On Thursday 2 March, the Bosnia and Herzegovina entity Republika Srpska adopted draft amendments to the criminal code that would re-criminalise defamation. This is an alarming development that, if approved by the National Assembly, would endanger free speech and allow...

Dear All, We are addressing you with an initiative to review the Draft Law on Amendments to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Srpska regarding the application of the Rules for Drafting Laws and Other Regulations of the Republic of Srpska (“Official Gazette of the RS No. 24/2014). On the...