OHR Press Releases
06/26/2006
High Representative meets with Commissioners Frattini and Rehn in Brussels
The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, met with European Commissioners Franco Frattini and Olli Rehn today in Brussels.
06/22/2006
OHR, BH Institutions Discuss UN Meetings on Decertified Police Officers
OHR officials briefed representatives of the BiH Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees (BiH MHRR) today at the OHR on the results of a series of meetings held with the United Nations in New York in early June.
06/22/2006
High Representative Appoints Toby Robinson PBSS Liquidator
The High Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, today appointed Toby Robinson liquidator of Privredna Banka Srpsko Sarajevo. “I have consistently been impressed with the diligent and courageous way in which Toby Robinson has tackled complex financial crimes in this country,” the High Representative said in making the appointment. “She has had [...]
06/21/2006
Three Prime Ministers and Brcko Mayor Convene to discuss and endorse National PAR Strategy on 22 June – Important Step for Future of BiH
The Prime Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Federation and Republika Srpska, as well as the District Mayor of Brcko are meeting tomorrow to discuss the PAR strategy at a national conference on Public Administration Reform (PAR).
06/17/2006
High Representative Acts to Prevent War Criminals Absconding During Trial
The High Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, yesterday amended provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code to extend the maximum duration of post-indictment detention from one year to three years for the most serious cases, including war crimes cases.
06/16/2006
MPs Who Boycott Parliament Undermine Democracy, Should Be Penalised
The High Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, has called for penalties to be imposed on parliamentarians who bring democracy to a halt by walking out of the Parliamentary Assembly.
06/16/2006
Chambers Mean Business
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been key drivers of economic recovery in other European countries, and the same can be true in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
06/14/2006
Christian Schwarz-Schilling, Javier Solana discuss international engagement in BiH
EU Special Representative and High Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, and, Secretary-General of the European Council, Javier Solana, discussed Bosnia and Herzegovina's progress towards Euro-Atlantic integration and plans for fundamental change in the international engagement in BiH today in Brussels.
They agreed that for the transition t [...]
06/13/2006
High Representative assured of Germany’s support for relaxing visa regime
The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, used his meeting with German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble this morning in Berlin to seek German support for changes to the European Union’s visa regime towards citizens of BiH.
06/13/2006
HR receives Manfred Wörner medal for contribution to European security
High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling was awarded the Manfred Wörner medal today in Berlin.
This award, which is given for outstanding contribution to European security once a year by the German Defence Ministry, is named after the late NATO Secretary General who, as Germany’s Defence Minister, was also a colleague of Dr Schwarz-Schillin [...]