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BiH Ombudspersons: Social justice and equality are basic values of every society

FENA Press release

SARAJEVO, February 20 (FENA) – On the occasion of the World Day of Social Justice, ombudspersons of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ljubinko Mitrović, Jasminka Džumhur and Nives Jukić point out that social justice, equality and fairness are core values of every society.  

The Ombudspersons state that this is a day when it is necessary to analyze the importance of commitment to goals such as poverty eradication, protection of dignity at work, gender equality, development and provision of social services for particularly vulnerable categories of society and individuals so that they do not feel less valuable, useless and unprotected members of society.

Economic, social and cultural rights are guaranteed by the constitutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the constitutions of ten cantons and the Statute of the Brčko District of BiH. These rights are more precisely regulated by the laws at the entity, cantonal and Brčko District levels, since they are under the exclusive jurisdiction of the constitutional system of BiH.

Summarizing the complaints received from the Ombudsman Institution in the past, it appears that they are a manifestation of high level of poverty, which is a direct consequence of the high unemployment rate, low pensions, and the lowest or average wages, well below the value of the official consumer basket.

This situation indicates that an increasing number of citizens are in need of certain forms of social protection, which imposes an obligation on the competent authorities that this type of rights must be placed in a greater focus of interest. Social welfare is symbolic and cannot provide for the basic life needs of beneficiaries. Aware of their helplessness, and in order to provide for themselves and their family members, BiH citizens, and often entire families, are forced to leave their homes and go to work in other countries, the BiH Human Rights Ombudsman Institution stated.

In the area of social rights, the Ombudsman Institution has specifically addressed the situation and problems encountered by the centers for social work in BiH. Therefore, in October 2019, a Special Report on the state and problems encountered by the centers / services for social work in BiH was presented to the public.

(FENA) A. B.

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