OHR Press Releases

At around 13.30 today, an OHR car carrying three German bodyguards, employed by Internationale Bodyguard und Sicherheitsagentur, on a duty trip was involved in a fatal collision with another car near Visoko. The two occupants of the other car were killed. One occupant of the OHR car is in critical condition; the other two are being treated for thei [...]

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, the BiH Minister for Human Rights and Refugees, Krešimir Zubak, the Head of Mission of the OSCE in BiH, Robert Beecroft and representatives from other international organisations, BiH human rights institutions and domestic NGOs met today at the OHR, where they reviewed and endorsed ‘Human Righ [...]

On 20 March 2002, the Council of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted a Resolution (Res (2002) 5) inviting Bosnia and Herzegovina to become a member of the Council of Europe. This Resolution was adopted notably in the light of the Opinion regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina's application for membership in the Council of Europe, which was adopted [...]

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, this morning in Sarajevo met with the Austrian President, Thomas Klestil. The High Representative informed the Austrian President about recent political developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially with regard to the reform of the Entity Constitutions and the reform of the judicial system. He stres [...]

As property law implementation begins to speed up, following the recent amendments, the agencies of the Property Law Implementation Plan, the OHR, OSCE, UNHCR, CRPC and UNMIBH, note that misunderstandings remain regarding the entitlements of occupants of claimed or abandoned property.

Following the adoption of constitutional amendments by the RS National Assembly on 4 April 2002, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today met with the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council at ambassadorial level in Sarajevo.

The High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch, COMSFOR, General John B. Sylvester and UNHCR Chief of Mission Werner Blatter have invited ambassadors of countries assisting with the return process to visit by helicopter key areas of return across the country on Wednesday, 10 April 2002.

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, yesterday issued a Decision extending the mandate of the Provisional Administrator of Hercegovacka Banka with regard to the blocking of the deposits and investments in Hercegovacka Banka beyond the period of one year.

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the fatal shooting during peace demonstrations on Sarajevo’s Vrbanja Bridge, one of the tragic incidents that mark the beginning of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, wishes to express his solidarity with the citizens of BiH as they remember the difficult [...]

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today issued a Decision suspending all judicial and prosecutorial appointments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, pending the restructuring of the judicial system.