CASE OF ZORNIĆ v. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Violation of Article 14+P1-3 - Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14 - Discrimination) (Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 - Stand for election;Right to free elections-{general});Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 - General prohibition of discrimination;Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 - General prohibition of discrimination
George Nicolaou;Ineta Ziemele;Krzysztof Wojtyczek;Nona Tsotsoria;Päivi Hirvelä;Zdravka Kalaydjieva
5. The applicant was born in 1957 and lives in Sarajevo. 6. She actively participates in the political life of the country. Among other things, in 2002 she stood as a candidate of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina for election to the parliament of one of the Entities. 7. As the applicant does not declare affiliation with any of the “constituent people” (namely, Bosniacs, Croats and Serbs), but simply as a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, she is ineligible to stand for election to the second chamber of the State parliament (the House of Peoples) and to the collective Head of State (the Presidency).