Bosnia Herzegovena

• The Penalty Code makes it illegal to organise the prostitution of others and to recruit for prostitution with or without coercion. 
• Soliciting to sell sex is a misdemeanor offence against public peace and order. 
• Law enforcement focuses on female sex workers and is inconsistent. 
• Violence against sex workers is very common and sex workers have no access to justice. 
• Buying sex is not illegal. 
• HIV testing is officially confidential.

ISOCode: 

BA

Aspects: 

D: It is illegal to solicit to sell sex in a public place and to organise commercial sex in any place. (eg Argentina)

Characteristics: 

2: The law conflates sex work that does not involve coercion with sexual exploitation and human trafficking. (e.g. Nepal)

6: The law is gender neutral so may be applied to men who sell sex.