18.07.2008
Brcko Supervisor Dr Raffi Gregorian today issued a Supervisory Order to remove any legal uncertainty about the status of the Brcko District Election Commission and to ensure continuity in tasks to be performed prior to, during, and after the October 2008 elections.The mandate of the current commission expired in Februa...
18.07.2008
In accordance with the powers vested in me by paragraphs 8, 10, 11, 13, 36, and 37 of the Final Award of March 5, 1999, and paragraph 9 of August 19, 1999 Annex to the Final Award of the Arbitral Tribunal for Dispute Over Inter - Entity Boundary in Brcko Area; With reference to the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzego...
11.07.2008
In 1905 George Santayana wrote that: “Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.” Today we are gathered here not only to pay our respects to the families who are burying their loved ones, but also to remember the past in the hope we will never again have to repeat it. I say “we” because genocide...
09.07.2008
Ambassador Clifford Bond, the High Representative’s Envoy for Srebrenica, today paid a farewell visit to the Chair of the BiH Council of Ministers Nikola Spiric. The Ambassador stressed that Srebrenica’s future can be best secured through economic development.He thanked the Council of Ministers for their past support o...
09.07.2008
„It is high time to stop the propaganda campaign against ‘Transparency International’ and allow independent judicial institutions to investigate any allegations in accordance with principles of due process and impartiality”, Principal Deputy High Representative Raffi Gregorian said today after meeting with the acting C...
09.07.2008
Following the arrest of Stojan Župljanin and his extradition to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, High Representative Miroslav Lajčák has repealed his orders to seize travel documents from 19 individuals associated with the Župljanin support network.In consultation with the ICTY and ot...
09.07.2008
On 10 July 2007 and 30 May 2008 the High Representative, in the exercise of his authority under Article V of Annex 10 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace, ordered the seizure of travel documents (Orders Seizing Travel Documents) belonging to certain individuals in order to prevent activities, which were, or wh...
08.07.2008
The Principal Deputy High Representative, Raffi Gregorian calls on BiH Parliamentarians to make clear their commitment to human rights when they vote to appoint three BiH Ombudsmen tomorrow.“The appointment process must be completed by selecting a candidate because of their training, experience and knowledge,” said the...
08.07.2008
The Envoy of the High Representative for Srebrenica, Ambassador Clifford Bond, at the end of his one year mandate, paid a farewell visit to the RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik. Ambassador Bond, who supervised the international community's activities in and around Srebrenica and served as the contact point for local aut...
03.07.2008
Principal Deputy High Representative Raffi Gregorian met today with a delegation of Transparency International BiH, consisting of Executive Director Srđan Blagovčanin, Executive Board member Emir Đikić and Programme Manager Bojan Stančević.The Executive Director informed PDHR Gregorian tha...