Direct Request on submission to competent authorities (CEACR) - adopted 2024, published 113rd ILC session (2025)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Submission. The Committee notes that the Government has not replied to its previous direct request. It therefore recalls the information provided by the Government indicating that in 2019, the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina submitted the Violence and Harassment Convention (No. 190) and Recommendation (No. 206), 2019, to the competent institutions of the Entities and the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina for consideration. The Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Policy considered that the conditions for ratification of the Convention and acceptance of the Recommendation were not yet met, and would first be necessary to expand the existing protection and improve working conditions. The Government further indicated that it would inform the Office once the other institutions submit their opinions. The Committee observed, nonetheless, that the Government did not provide information regarding the submission of the abovementioned instruments to the Parliamentary Assembly, as required by Article 19 of the ILO Constitution. In this context, the Committee recalls that the constitutional obligation of submission is of the highest importance and is a fundamental element of the standards system of the ILO. The Committee therefore once again reiterates its request that the Government provide information on the submission to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Violence and Harassment Convention (No. 190) and Recommendation (No. 206), 2019, adopted by the Conference at its 108th Session (June 2019). It also requests the Government to provide information on the submission of the Safe and Healthy Working Environment (Consequential Amendments) Convention (No. 191) and Recommendation, 2023 (No. 207), 2023, and the Quality Apprenticeships Recommendation, 2023 (No. 208), adopted by the Conference at its 111th Session.