The 4th Steering Committee meeting of the Horizontal Facility for Western Balkan and Turkey Action in Bosnia and Herzegovina, entitled ''Enhancing human rights for detained and sentenced persons'' was held on 19 September in Sarajevo.

The three Assistant Ministers of Justice and Assistant Ombudsman for rights of detainees and sentenced persons discussed the Action's past achivements and signed off on planned activities. Particular emphasis was placed on the raised visibility of the Action, which coincides with the start of a training cycle of the Action's three key components: enhancing human rights protection mechanisms for persons deprived of liberty on apprehension, development of meaningful offender management programmes and enhancing protocols for delivering health care in closed environment.

The Action's Steering Committee particularly welcomed Action's outreach to the law enforcement agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, thereby emphasizing the need to disseminate and apply the same set of human rights standards in work of any law enforcement officer in Bosnia and Herzegovina.