OHR Press Releases
03/28/2002
High Representative Issues Decisions on Eligibility of Candidates to Run for Elected Office
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, on Wednesday issued three Decisions amending the Entity and State legislation governing the eligibility of candidates to run for elected office in BiH.
03/27/2002
High Representative Congratulates Party Leaders on Agreement Reforming Entity Constitutions
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, congratulates the leaders of the political parties on the agreement they signed early this morning. The new Entity Constitutions will turn Bosnia and Herzegovina into a truly multiethnic country, providing Bosniaks and Croats in the RS, and Serbs in the Federation with full representation and full protec [...]
03/25/2002
High Representative Congratulates Danis Tanovic
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has extended his congratulations to Danis Tanovic, whose film No Man’s Land was named “Best Foreign Language Film” at the 74th Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday.
03/24/2002
On the eve of final talks, the High Representative presses BiH’s leaders for a domestic solution
The talks now underway under the auspices of the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, aimed at agreeing the optimum method of implementing the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the constituency of peoples are approaching their crucial final phase.
03/22/2002
Process of Permanent Appointment of the Brcko District Judiciary Is Finished
The Judicial Commission of Brcko District BiH has completed the process of reviewing the performance of the Brcko District judges, deputy prosecutors and lawyers with the Agency for Legal Aid who were appointed to their positions on April 1, 2001 for a probationary period of one year. The process included evaluation of work performance and personal [...]
03/20/2002
The Board of Donors for Demining in Bosnia and Herzegovina Communique
The Board of Donors for Demining in Bosnia and Herzegovina met in Sarajevo on 20 March 2002. The Board welcomed specially Mr Beriz Belkic, Mr Jozo Krizanovic and Mr. Zivko Radisic of the BiH Presidency, the High Representative Mr. Wolfgang Petritsch, the Minister for Civil Affairs and Communication Mr. Svetozar Mihajlovic, the Head of the OSCE Amba [...]
03/19/2002
Returns Process in Drvar
The International Community in BiH insists on the full implementation of the property laws. OHR, OSCE, UNHCR and UNMiBH wish to stress that the property laws now in force in BiH fully respect freedom of choice, whether it be for individuals who wish to return to their pre-war homes or to remain in their place of displacement - provided they are not [...]
03/19/2002
The Agreement on the Recovery and Identification of Mortal Remains in the Brcko District Signed Today
The Operational Agreement on the Recovery and Identification of Mortal Remains in the Brcko District was signed today by International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), Office of High Representative (OHR), the representatives of the Brcko District Government and the Brcko Prosecutor’s Office, the Commission for Tracing Detained and Missin [...]
03/15/2002
First meeting of the Cabinet
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, yesterday chaired the first meeting of the Cabinet, which is composed of the heads of international organisations and missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Cabinet as well as four new inter-agency task forces - dealing with economic reform, return and reconstruction, institution building and rule of la [...]
03/14/2002
23 new complaints against sitting judges and prosecutors for violation of the property laws
The agencies involved in the Property Law Implementation Plan (PLIP), the UNHCR, OHR, UNMIBH, CRPC and the OSCE, wish to make clear that violation of the property laws or obstruction of their implementation by sitting judges or prosecutors will not be tolerated. Judicial officials found to have broken these laws or obstructed their implementation w [...]