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Summary: This report summarises the status of children's rights in Bosnia-Herzegovina vis-a-vis European human rights mechanisms.
Search CRIN's ratifications tables to find regional instruments to which Bosnia-Herzegovina is a party. Bosnia-Herzegovina is a member of the Council of Europe and subject to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights, which issues decisions that are binding on all Council of Europe members. The Court maintains a searchable database of its case law (http://www.echr.coe.int/ECHR/EN/Header/Case-Law/Hudoc/Hudoc+database/), and the Council of Europe's Theseus project also offers a database containing Court case law relevant to children's rights (http://www.coe.int/t/transversalprojects/children/caselaw/caselawchild_EN.asp). European Court of Human Rights No cases concerning children's issues have been brought before the European Court of Human Rights against Bosnia-Herzegovina. European Committee of Social Rights Read a country factsheet on Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Social Charter: http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/socialcharter/CountryFactsheets/BH_en.pdf European Union Bosnia-Herzegovina is not a member of the European Union.