{"id":1500,"date":"2025-04-17T09:19:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T09:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/?page_id=1500"},"modified":"2026-04-28T08:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T08:00:45","slug":"free-legal-aid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/where-to-seek-help\/free-legal-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Free legal aid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Bosnia and Herzegovina, UNHCR provides free legal aid through its local NGO partner, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vasaprava.org\/contact\/\">Association Va\u0161a Prava BiH<\/a>&nbsp;(Va\u0161a Prava).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This service includes the provision of free legal information and counselling for all, and, under specific conditions, legal representation to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>access the territory and the asylum procedure,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>support during the procedure,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>access rights linked to international protection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Va\u0161a Prava can be contacted directly at their numbers: through WhatsApp or Viber +387 61 102 034, +387 61 102 035 or +387 33 789 105, or by email at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:admin@vasaprava.org\">admin@vasaprava.org<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is recommended to contact Va\u0161a Prava to book an appointment first. In case of emergency and if you are not able to use any of these means, you may directly go to the Va\u0161a Prava main office located at Safeta Had\u017ei\u0107a 66 A, 71000\u202fin Sarajevo. For other locations, kindly consult their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vasaprava.org\/contact\/\">website<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that Va\u0161a Prava BiH is present on duty at several reception centres\u202fin Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to the following schedule (subject to change \u2013 consult the website or info boards in the reception centers):&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Delijas Asylum Centre<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Wednesday from 10:00 to 12:00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bla\u017euj Temporary Reception Centre<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00\u00a0to 12:00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lipa Temporary Reception Centre<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 to 15:00 &nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In Bosnia and Herzegovina, free legal aid can also be provided by public services. Among the institutions authorized to provide free legal aid, UNHCR collaborates mostly with the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpr.gov.ba\/organizacija_nadleznosti\/Besplatna_pravna_pomoc\/default.aspx?id=12535&amp;langTag=bs-BA\">Office for Provision of Free Legal Aid of the Ministry of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/zbpp.ks.gov.ba\/\">the Cantonal Office for Provision of Free Legal Aid of Canton Sarajevo<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zbpp-usk.ba\/\">the Cantonal Office for Provision of Free Legal Aid of Una Sana Canton.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNHCR refers you to the websites of these institutions for information about their contact details, addresses, working hours, and the conditions to access legal aid.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Please note also that the provision of legal aid by public services should also be free of charge, unless specified otherwise on the websites of the institutions.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Bosnia and Herzegovina, UNHCR provides free legal aid through its local NGO partner, the&nbsp;Association Va\u0161a Prava BiH&nbsp;(Va\u0161a Prava).&nbsp; This service includes the provision of free legal information and counselling for all, and, under specific conditions, legal representation to: Va\u0161a Prava can be contacted directly at their numbers: through WhatsApp or Viber +387 61 102 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":486,"featured_media":0,"parent":92,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1500","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/486"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1500"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1599,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1500\/revisions\/1599"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}