07.01.2004
The Ambassadors of the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board in Bosnia and Herzegovina today reminded the political leaders of BiH that a professional and independent judiciary is a key European standard and a key requirement for BiH’s integration into Europe and Euroatlantic structures. The Ambassadors expressed...
06.01.2004
The leader of the SDA recently asked the OHR and others to answer ten questions about the constitutionality of the process of re-appointing judges and prosecutors. It would be inappropriate for the OHR to comment on the question of constitutionality. That is rightly a matter for the relevant constitutional...
06.01.2004
Steering Board Ambassadors Meet Today in SarajevoThe Ambassadors of the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board will meet this afternoon.They will be discussing the recent political party criticisms of the judicial reappointment process and the effect that this may have on BiH’s future and plans for closer EU integ...
05.01.2004
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, yesterday issued a Decision setting out a general framework for resolving situations where industrial companies and their electricity providers have failed to reach a price agreement.This is a temporary decision, providing a non-discriminatory basis for determining an appropriate...
31.12.2003
In the exercise of the powers vested in the High Representative by Article V of Annex 10 (Agreement on Civilian Implementation of the Peace Settlement) to the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to which the High Representative is the final authority in theatre regarding interpret...
31.12.2003
“DON’T SQUANDER THE OPPORTUNITIES CREATED IN 2003”2003 marked a turning point for the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2004, we risk turning back to the past again.Most international observers, and many in BiH itself, didn’t believe we could come so far in 2003. But as a result of the reforms this year,...
30.12.2003
Property Law Implementation Plan (PLIP) Agencies OHR, OSCE, UNHCR and CRPC are announcing today that, as of the end of November, the overall implementation ratio of property law implementation is 92 percent in both, the Federation BiH and the Republika Srpska.Further, implementation of the Property Laws in Brcko Distri...
30.12.2003
The Federation Governments faces one of its most important economic decisions today. This morning they are considering how to resolve the dispute over the Aluminj plant. How this issue is resolved will have enormous implications for the future of the BiH economy. Aluminij is one of BiH's largest and a sig...
30.12.2003
The OHR’s Reconstruction and Return Task Force will close on the last day of 2003, when the relevant BiH institutions will formally assume responsibility for the return process. Property Law implementation is nearing completion, almost one million people have returned to their homes, and the BiH institutions have expre...
23.12.2003
ITA LawThe ITA law needs to be passed by the end of the year if BiH is to meet conditions for further European integration. The BiH Parliament let down citizens of BiH when they failed to pass this law yesterday.OHR therefore calls on the members of the Harmonisation Commission of the BiH Parliament to rectify this to...