The Code of Ethical Research with children in BiH adopted by the BiH Council of Ministers

The Code of Ethical Research with children in BiH has been developed in the frame of the ongoing project 'Strengthening the role of civil society organisations in the monitoring of the state Strategy for combating violence against children in BiH' implemented by the Association Vesta, in partnership with the Association Zemlja djece Tuzla and the BiH Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees. The project is financed by the European Union.

The BiH Council of Ministers, on its 51st session held on 28 May 2013, passed the Decision on adoption of the Code of Ethical Research with children in BiH, aimed at protection of children form all forms of misuse and in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Code of Ethical Research with children regulates the status of children and their families as subjects of various research – humanistic, social, educational, medical, and all other research, which in direct or indirect manner may affect their personal integrity.