8. Is there a ban on anonymous donations to candidates?
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Source:
Article 8, Law on Political Party Financing 2012 (with 2016 amendments)
Source:
Article 18, Law on Political Party Financing 2012 (with 2016 amendments)
(BS)
(1) Finansiranje političkih stranaka zabranjuje se: a) organima uprave države Bosne i Hercegovine, entiteta, kantona, Brčko Distrikta Bosne i Hercegovine, te gradskim i općinskim organima, b) javnim institucijama, c) javnim preduzećima, d) humanitarnim organizacijama, e) neimenovanim, odnosno anonimnim donatorima, f) vjerskim zajednicama, g) sindikatima, udruženjima i drugim neprofitnim organizacijama koje se finansiraju javnim sredstvima bez obzira na iznos sredstava, h) pravnim licima u kojima uloženi javni kapital iznosi najmanje 25%, i) drugim državama, stranim političkim strankama i stranim pravnim licima. [...].
Odredbe ovog zakona koje se odnose na dobrovoljne priloge, zabranu finansiranja i pogodovanja te nadzor i finansijsko poslovanje odgovarajuće se primjenjuju na liste nezavisnih kandidata i nezavisne kandidate.
(EN)
1) The financing of political parties is prohibited from: a) administrative bodies of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the entities, cantons, the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as city and municipal bodies, b) public institutions, c) public enterprises, d) humanitarian organizations, e) unnamed or anonymous donors, f) religious communities, g) trade unions, associations, and other non-profit organizations financed from public funds, regardless of the amount of such funds, h) legal entities in which invested public capital amounts to at least 25%, i) other states, foreign political parties, and foreign legal entities. [...]
The provisions of this Law referring to contributions, prohibition of financing and favoring, and monitoring and financial transactions shall be appropriately applied to lists of independent candidates and independent candidates.
Avaliable at: https://www.izbori.ba/Documents/documents/ZAKONI/Fin_Stranaka/DOC039-bos.PDF
