Bosnia and Herzegovina is a complex democratic State comprised of two Entities Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

With this aim, Gender center FBiH, in cooperation with Gender center RS, supported by IBHI, has prepared a project called Gender Equality and equity in BiH , which is co financed by the Government of the Republic of Finland.

The expenditure for health care per capita in 1999 was from about 100 KM in RS to up to 218 KM in FBiH.

Health care funding in Republika Srpska is identical to that in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The law on infectious diseases that is in force was taken over by succession from the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Prepare annual report on implementation of activities on prevention of discrimination based on gender in BiH, which will be based on the reports from Gender FBiH and Gender RS, and submit it to the Council of Ministers BiH

The present report is being issued without formal editing.

Data source Statistical bulletin 4, 2003, Agency for Statistics of BiH

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The living standards of about 19 per cent of the population in Bosnia and Herzegovina are below the general poverty line (approximately 25 per cent in Republika Srpska and 16 per cent in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).

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The Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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But the living standard of about 19.5 per cent of the population in Bosnia and Herzegovina is below the general poverty line (approximately 25 per cent in Republika Srpska and 16 per cent in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).

The Constitution sets forth the organization and capacities of Bosnia and Herzegovina and relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina State institutions and the Entities.

15. Calls upon the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, including those of the Republika Srpska and the Federation

Bosnian and Herzegovinian patriotic party BPS

BiH Penal Code

BiH Election Law

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The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina was up to 20 December 1990 in the hands of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The mentioned activity is subject to sanctions under the Criminal Codes f B H, FB H and RS.

Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted the Action Plan for Prevention of Trafficking in People in Bosnia and Herzegovina and formed a State Commission for monitoring the application of the Action Plan for prevention of trafficking in people in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Turks in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as Bosnian Turks, are ethnic Turks who form the oldest ethnic minority in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Promotion of gender equality is intensively carried out by the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska gender centres.

At the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in Republika Srpska, the Action Plan for Children for 2010 was developed.

Higher education in Bosnia and Herzegovina is at the level of the Entity in Republika Srpska and at the level of the cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where there are five universities in total at the cantonal level, which comprise 62 higher education institutions.

The Bosnia and Herzegovina Constitution (General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, annex IV, art.

The average salary in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in December 2002 was KM 513, and in Republika Srpska it was KM 365 (compared with consumer basket of KM 459 in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and KM 458 in Republika Srpska).

Work population in BiH

Leading illnesses in BiH

FBiH Penal Code

FBiH Labour Law

FBiH Law on Referendum

BiH Law on Citizenship of BiH

RS Law on Pension and Disability Insurance

Women's position in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Living standards in Bosnia and Herzegovina

At the time of its report, one State had been unable to identify any activity by two listed charities on its territory, although it did note that a third had operated there.

Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region

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