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The National report on provision of information, advice and free legal aid in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been published on September 2013. The report intends to add to the on-going policy debate by providing an analysis of the legal framework and current practice relating to the provision of information and assistance services to citizens and aims to identify several viable policy recommendations.


For this reason a survey on the provision of information, advice and legal aid services in Bosnia and Herzegovina was organised throughout the period from March to May 2013. The purpose of the survey was to map existing citizens information and assistance services, to identify gaps in services and to develop policy recommendations.


This report, thanks to the results emerged from the survey, clearly illustrates that there is no consistent system of free legal aid in BiH that would satisfy European and international standards and that would ensure access to courts and other relevant protection and redress mechanisms in general. Many citizens remain uninformed about their rights and a large number of unresolved legal disputes instigated by citizens is hindering the efficient functioning of the courts in BiH.


Nevertheless, today the NGO Vasǎ Prava is the leading and the largest free legal aid provider in the country and many other women’s rights NGOs provide different kinds of support and assistance to victims of domestic or other forms of gender based violence.

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