The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted an Action Plan for the implementation of this decision of the Strasbourg-based Court of Human Rights. Recommendation (89-90) - Members of national minorities, in accordance with the BiH Election Law, have the right to be represented in the municipal assembly, or in the municipal council and the city assembly or city council in proportion to the percentage of their share in the population according to the last census conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This effectively means that the number of members of ethnic minorities who are directly elected in the municipal assembly or municipal council and city assembly or city council should be defined under a city or municipal statute, whereby members of all national minorities are guaranteed at least one seat provided that they account for more than 3% in the total population of that constituency according to the last census. In October 2016, 143 representatives of national minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina took part in local elections. - Implementation of the Gender Equality Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of BiH, No. 16/03 and 102/09) regulates, promotes and protects gender equality, guarantees equal opportunities and equal treatment of all people regardless of gender, in public and private spheres, and protection against discrimination based on sex. In all segments of life and the exercise of public authority in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the attempt is to enhance the implementation of this Law and increase the representation of women. The position of Roma (paragraphs 91-97) – Responses: The fact is that in recent years the situation of the Roma community significantly improved thanks to the implementation of the Roma Strategy and accompanying action plans. Roma have been involved in the process though Roma NGOs and Roma communities, and are institutionally active through the work of the Roma Committee with the Council of Ministers as well as through their representatives in the national minorities councils across various levels of government. The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina has continued to regularly allocate funds annually from the budget of the line Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees (approximately 2.5 million BAM) earmarked for implementation. Roma live almost on the entire territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 71 local government units, and in significant numbers in 30 of them. According to the OSCE Mission to BIH in 2014 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, there were 35,644 Roma living in 7,225 families. Improvement of the rights of the Roma minority In order to continue providing adequate solutions to issues faced by Roma, being one of the largest and most vulnerable ethnic minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, implementation continues for strategic documents aimed to promote the rights of the Roma minority, namely: the Roma Strategy of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2005), the Action Plan for Roma in the field of Employment, Housing and Health Care by the Council of Ministers of BiH (2008), the Action Plan on Educational Needs of Roma (2010). From 2009 to 2015, the budget of the Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees of BiH has allocated 17,337,000 for employment, housing and health care of Roma. In addition, co-funding 6