Status
UNCAT ratification date
1 September 1993
OPCAT ratification date
24 October 2008
NPM designated
14 September 2023
Bosnia and Herzegovina has ratified the OPCAT in October 2008. They made a declaration under Article 24 of the OPCAT in April 2011, postponing the designation of their National Preventive Mechanism for three years.
Consultations on the structure of the NPM have been ongoing since 2009. In 2023, the Institution of Human Rights Ombudsman was officially designated as the country's NPM.
The SPT member who is the SPT Focal Point for Bosnia and Herzegovina is available here.