ADVANCE QUESTIONS TO BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – ADD.2 MEXICO 

ADVANCE QUESTIONS TO BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – ADD.2

MEXICO

What actions are being taken in order to alleviate prison overcrowding, to combat all kinds of violence between inmates, and in general terms to improve conditions of detention centers and prisons?

What concrete measures have been adopted and are still in place to foster national reconciliation and social cohesion, including providing accountability and nondiscriminatory redress to the victims?

 In light of ongoing efforts to harmonize national law with the Council of Europe’s

Istanbul Convention on eliminating domestic and gender-based violence, could additional information be provided as to what mechanisms of assistance and support are available to victims?

UNITED KINGDOM

What is the Government doing to tackle discrimination in education, including by strengthening coordination mechanisms on education at state level to de-conflict curricula and to address the ‘two schools under one roof’ by granting access to a national group of subjects?

What are the Bosnian authorities doing to ensure freedom and independence of the media, particularly given recent attacks on journalists?

What plans are there to address the issue of hate speech, particularly when it is targeted at minority groups?

What are the Bosnian authorities doing to make progress on a State level programme to improve the status of victims of war crimes, including sexual violence?

How are the Bosnian authorities addressing the increasing number of complaints about lengthy court procedures and ineffective enforcement of judicial decisions?