OHR Press Releases
02/22/2022
High Representative visits Srebrenica Memorial Center
High Representative Christian Schmidt was speaking today at the opening of an exhibition at the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial Centre. The exhibition, organized with the assistance of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network and the Embassy of the Netherlands, comprises 100 personal stories by Srebrenica genocide survivors filmed over the past year [...]
02/17/2022
Private sector growth and new jobs will be the indicator of progress in Brčko
Principal Deputy High Representative and Brčko Supervisor Michael Scanlan met with representatives of the Brčko District Chamber of Commerce and “STUDEN & CO Holding”. He was briefed on the state of the District’s economy and measures that need to be taken to create a vibrant atmosphere for business development, new investments, and the creation of [...]
02/08/2022
Ownership and urgency key to ensuring prosperity in Brčko
Principal Deputy High Representative and Brčko District Supervisor Michael Scanlan attended today a meeting of the Project Implementation Unit for the Modernisation of the Brčko Port.
02/08/2022
HR’s statement regarding the Draft Law on the RS High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council submitted to the RS National Assembly
The establishment of a single, State-level HJPC was a pivotal consensual reform to modernize the BiH judiciary in accordance with European and international standards, fostering professionalism, transparency and efficiency in the judiciary while advancing impartial, independent and effective administration of justice throughout the country.
02/04/2022
High Representative Schmidt visits BiH High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council
High Representative Christian Schmidt visited the BiH High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, where he met with Council President Halil Lagumdzija, Vice Presidents Biljana Simeunović and Sanela Gorušanović Butigan, HJPC Presidency member Sanin Bogunić, as well as the Director of the Secretariat Admir Suljagić and Deputy Director Hajro Posković, to [...]
02/04/2022
Time to lock in Brčko as a regional transportation hub
Principal Deputy High Representative and Brčko District Supervisor Michael Scanlan attended today a meeting of the Brčko District officials with representatives of public companies “FBiH Highways” and “RS Highways” on the future route of the highway network through the District.
01/28/2022
High Representative Christian Schmidt: Elections in BiH will take place in autumn 2022
High Representative Christian Schmidt calls on all political forces in BiH to work constructively on a new Election Law, while emphasizing that General Elections will take place in autumn 2022 with or without a new Election Law.
01/26/2022
Joint statement by HR Christian Schmidt and Chairman of Bundestag EU Affairs Committee Anton Hofreiter
High Representative Christian Schmidt briefed members of the Committee on European Union Affairs of the German Bundestag on the current situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
01/21/2022
Brčko: Major reform results to be seen this spring
In his first visit to Brčko in 2022, PDHR/Supervisor Scanlan cited the period ahead as one in which Brčko District Administration has the opportunity to demonstrate that the District is not only an example of peaceful coexistence but one of shared prosperity.
01/14/2022
High Representative Schmidt: All in BiH have the right to be safe in every part of their country
High Representative Christian Schmidt condemns the growing use of inflammatory rhetoric and increase of incidents that lead to destabilization of peace and security over the last days in several parts of BiH