Bosnia and Herzegovina

In 2019, CEDAW expressed concerns around Roma, refugee, and asylum seeking women’s lack of access to reproductive healthcare in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), as well as undocumented mothers’ lack of access to birth registration for their children. CEDAW recommended addressing the special needs of these groups, including providing delivery and postnatal care in reception centers and giving free legal aid in accessing birth registration to migrant and socially disadvantaged women and girls. The government of BiH raised concerns in 2019 about Roma women without identity documentation or health insurance crossing the border to give birth.