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CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

"Official Gazette" of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1/94, 13/97, 16/02, 22/02, 52/02, 60/02, 18/03, 63/03

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II. HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

A. GENERAL

Article 1

As the principles, rights and freedoms specified in Article II of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina are to be applied throughout the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the following provisions govern the Federation.

Article 2

The Federation will ensure the application of the highest level of internationally recognized rights and freedoms provided in the documents listed in the Annex to the Constitution. In particular:

(1) All persons within the territory of the Federation shall enjoy the rights:

(a) To life;

(b) To liberty, with arrest and detention authorized only by law;

(c) To equality before the law;

(d) To freedom from discrimination based on race, color, sex, language, religion or creed, political or other opinions, and national or social origin;

(e) To fair criminal proceedings;

(f) To freedom from torture and cruel or inhuman treatment or punishment;

(g) To privacy;

(h) To freedom of movement;

(i) To asylum;

(j) To protection of the family and of children;

(k) To property;

(l) To fundamental freedoms: free speech and press; freedom of thought, conscience, and belief; freedom of religion, including private and public worship; freedom of assembly; freedom of association, including to form and belong to and labor unions and the freedom not to associate; and freedom to work;

(m) To education;

(n) To social protection;

(o) To health;

(p) To nutrition;

(q) To shelter; and

(r) To protection of minorities and vulnerable groups.

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ANNEX

HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE FEDERATION CONSTITUTION

1. 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

2. 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights

3. 1949 Geneva Conventions I-IV on the Protection of the Victims of War, and the 1977 Geneva Protocols I-II thereto

4. 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and the Protocols thereto

5. 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1966 Protocol thereto

6. 1957 Convention on the Nationality of Married Women

7. 1961 European Social Charter and the Protocol 1 thereto

8. 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

9. 1965 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

10. 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its 1966 and 1989 Optional Protocols thereto

11. 1966 International Convenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

12. 1979 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

13. 1981 (UN) Declaration on the Elimination of all Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Relief

14. 1981 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

15. 1987 European Convention on the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

16. 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child

17. 1990 Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families

18. 1990 Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE, Part IV

19. 1990 Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation on the Rights of Minorities, paras. 10-13

20. 1992 (UN) Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities

21. 1992 European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages

22. Framework Convention on the Protection of National Minorities of 1994.[139]