Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic met with one of three Ombudsmen in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ljubinko Mitrovic, with whom she discussed the experiences from the work of these two institutions, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

One of the main topics of discussion was the recently reported case of sexual violence against women, which had impact in whole region and opened series of questions about this extremely important issue. It was agreed that adequate reactions from all, both the institutions and a society, can encourage victims to speak. It was concluded that it is important to make additional effort in order to preserve the achieved effect and continue to encourage the victims to speak without fear of condemnation.

Commissioner for Protection of Equality and BiH Ombudsman have a long-year successful cooperation in the area of human rights protection.