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The amount of harmful online content in Bosnia and Herzegovina is worrying and calls for a comprehensive response. The study on Regulating Harmful Online Content in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Between Freedom of Expression and Harm to Democracy, presented by Mediacentar Sarajevo on Thursday, stresses the need to protect freedom of expression and come up with practices that are in line with international human rights law, and which do not prevent or censor online speech or discourage free-flow of various sources of information and opinions.

UNESCO and the European Union hosted the ‘Social Media for Peace’ signing of the Covenant of Mayors of Cities and municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina on combating hate speech and divisive narratives on social media while enhancing the promotion of peace through digital technologies.

A meeting on transforming education process took place today at the UN House in Sarajevo, gathering education ministers from all levels of government in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The event marks the official kick-off of the national consultations on transforming education in Bosnia and Herzegovina, scheduled for the month of June, bringing together relevant stakeholders from the education sector (academia, civil society organisations, youth organisations and parents’ associations, including parents of children with disabilities). The BiH Ministry of Civil Affairs is coordinating the consultations, with the technical assistance from UNESCO and UNICEF in BiH.

Tobacco threatens the health of every living being on earth. The full cycle of tobacco cultivation, growth, production, consumption and waste poisons the air, the water, and the entire ecosystem.

On World No-Tobacco Day 2022, WHO highlights the latest facts on the environmental harm caused by tobacco and exposes the tobacco industry’s effort to greenwash its reputation by wrongly marketing its products as environmentally friendly.

Three digital communication experts from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nikola, Robert and Safet are joining UNESCO’s project Social Media 4 Peace as Youth Champions.

Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, proclaimed in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly  due to the scale of this crime across the globe. This not only concerns countries undergoing conflict, but also those struggling with the legacy of past violence as the consequences of such crimes are permanent for survivors and society.