16.08.2023
With a minute of silence, High Representative Christian Schmidt and the staff of the Office of the High Representative expressed their deep condolences to the families and friends of those killed and injured on 11 August in Gradačac. On this day of mourning, the High Representative stated that BiH on all levels must d...
11.08.2023
The Office of the High Representative is requesting proposals from qualified companies for award of contract for media monitoring services to cover BiH and regional media. I – Subject of the Tender 1. Tender Title: Media Monitoring Services to the OHR 2. Tender Procedure: Local Open (BiH) 3. Type of Contract: Servi...
04.08.2023
High Representative Christian Schmidt visited the “Diaspora Days 2023” event in Travnik today where he used the opportunity to address the Diaspora Business Forum. Together with Mayor Kenan Dautović, the High Representative also visited successful local businesses and talked to entrepreneurs from diaspora as well as fr...
21.07.2023
Changes to the Criminal Code of Republika Srpska that recriminalize defamation represent an attack on civil liberties characteristic of authoritarian regimes. They serve to restrict freedom of speech and shrink the space for civic engagement as the cornerstones of a democratic society. The recriminalization of defamat...
17.07.2023
Please find below the Law on the Temporary Prohibition of Disposal of State Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina - the unofficial consolidated version. The OHR does not take any responsibility for any errors. Download PDF
17.07.2023
In reference to recent public discussions on the vacant seats in the BiH Constitutional Court, as well as the regrettable early retirement of the Court’s Vice President, Judge Zlatko Knežević, High Representative Christian Schmidt wishes to remind the decision-makers on all levels of government of their obligation to e...
17.07.2023
Decisions of the BiH Constitutional Court related to the issue of state property in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Click on the Case number in the list below to be redirected to relevant decisions kept in the BiH Constitutional Court online archives) Case number Challenged act Decision date U-1/11 RS Law o...
14.07.2023
As part of the ongoing sessions, the eighth expert consultation group meeting was held today at the British Embassy in Sarajevo. The Working Group discussed various modalities of ownership, management, and use of various assets of the former SFRY and SRBiH, as well as some other categories of state property. The Worki...
11.07.2023
Address by High Representative Christian Schmidt at the commemoration for Srebrenica Genocide victims held in the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial Center on 11 July 2023. (Livestream by BHT1)
09.07.2023
High Representative Christian Schmidt attended the 16th Dubrovnik Forum “Navigating the global reshuffle” and spoke at the panel discussion “Western Balkans: A New Euro-Atlantic Momentum”. During the Forum, HR Schmidt had a number of meetings, including with the UK Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for the Western Balkan...