Summary

The Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, conducted an official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 13 to 20 January 2023 to assess its counter‑terrorism laws and violent extremism policies and practices measured against its international human rights obligations. She assessed the legal framework related to terrorism, violent extremism and the financing of terrorism, the prosecution of terrorism-related cases in the post-conflict context and the repatriation, reintegration and rehabilitation of nationals from the north-east of the Syrian Arab Republic.