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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Capital city — Sarajevo

Country population
3,323,929
i
2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
83
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional republic (Presidential Democracy)
Human Development Index
0.769
(75/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.2
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
1,813
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in months)
7.4
in Republika Srpska
i
2017
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2018, p. 107
Prison density
102 %
i
2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
7
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisoners
3.2 %
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.5 %
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
19.8 %
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2001
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Country-profile

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Introduction

Introduction

Country population

3,323,929

i

2018

Type of government

Constitutional republic (Presidential Democracy)

Human Development Index

0.769

(75/188)

i

2018

/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

1.2

i

2017

/ UNDP, Human Development Report