Human Rights Ombudsperson of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Current position
2008 - Ombudsperson of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Previous positions

2007-2008 - Senior Legal Advisor, Consultant, and Regional Program Coordinator Western Balkans Justice and Civil Society Program, International Commission for Missing Persons (ICMP)
2001-2007 - Officer in Charge and National Human Rights Officer, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina
1989-2001 - President and Judge of Misdemeanour Court Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
1987-1989 - Lawyer, Various law firms in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Relevant additional responsibilities

Vice- Chair and member of the UN Committee on Migrant workers, 2016-2019; 2022-2025; 2026-
Member of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, 2022-2023
Vice-chair and member of the UN Working Group for Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances, 2010-2015
Lecturer on Women Rights on the European Regional Master’s Programme in Democracy and Human Rights in Southeast Europe (ERMA)
Lecturer of International Law and Diplomacy, International Burch University, Sarajevo

Education

Ph.D. of International Law, University ˝Dzemal Bijedic˝ Mostar, Law Faculty Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2016
MA, Criminology Sciences, Faculty of Criminology, Criminology and Security Studies, Sarajevo, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2009
Bar examination, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1994
Diploma-Jurist, Faculty of Law, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1987

Selected list of publications

Possible impacts of legalization of prostitution on the prevention of human trafficking, Association of Lawyers of the Republic of Srpska, Pravna rijec, journal of legal theory and practice, No 52/2017, year XIV, ISSN:1840-0272;
Reparations of war victims’ rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the practice of the Human Rights Chamber and the BiH Constitutional Court, the Fund for Humanitarian Law, Documenting and memory, the Forum for Transitional Justice / March / April 2009 
Human Rights for Social Workers in Theory and Practice-Training Manual, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, 2009, ISBN 978-92-9235-333 – 9
Migration in the light of human rights, XV Criminal Law Conference, “Fighting Organized Crime and Terrorism”, 01 – 04 June 2016;
The role of the international community in the implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement – a human rights aspect, Center for Social Research of the International Burch University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, International Scientific and Professional Conference: “Building a Modern Legal System”
Colliding Effects of Freedom of Access to Information and Personal Data Protection. Časopis - Društveni ogledi, 2 (1). ISSN 2303-5706 
Peace Agreement and Human Rights: Perspectives of Bosnia and Herzegovina 25 Years After the Signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement, Yearbook of the Faculty of Law, Džemal Bijedić University, Mostar, Year IV, Issue 4, pp. 76-87.
„Victimology in Theory and Practice in Post conflict Society: Perspective of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2021) IKD „University Press - Izdanja Magistrat “ Sarajevo