OHR Press Releases
03/23/2006
Brcko Supervisor Enables Resumption of Work of the Brcko District Judicial Commission
Brcko Supervisor Susan Johnson today appointed Ms. Renata Lučić and Mr. Ešef Pamukčić to serve as lay members of the Brcko District Judicial Commission for a period of four years, to fill the two positions vacant after the expiration of the mandate of the previous lay members in June 2005.
03/22/2006
The Work of the Police Directorate Must Continue
The EUSR/High Representative today highlighted the crucial role played by the Police Directorate, and repeated that progress on police reform is first of all important for Bosnia and Herzegovina to combat crime and, therefore, also a key requirement for BiH's EU integration.
03/22/2006
Brcko Supervisor Bans Excessive Non-Salary Payments to Public Employees
Brcko Supervisor Susan Johnson today issued a Supervisory Order prohibiting the Government of Brcko District from makingany further non-salary payments to public employees for their service upon government commissions, steering boards of public enterprises and institutions, and for certain other activities or upon temporary transfers to new positio [...]
03/20/2006
High Representative Extends Period of Temporary Prohibition of Disposal of State Property
The High Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, has extended the temporary prohibition of the disposal of State Property, originally enacted on 18 March 2005, until 30 September 2006, by amending the BiH, Federation and RS Laws on Temporary Prohibition of the Disposal of State Property.
03/18/2006
High Representative Welcomes Constitutional Reform Agreement
The High Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, today congratulated the participants at the constitutional reform negotiations for coming to a political agreement.
03/15/2006
Statement: Amendments Undermine State RTV Law
The amendments to the FBiH Government's proposed PBS Service Law that were adopted in the FBiH House of Representatives today are not fully harmonised with the BiH PBS System Law.
03/10/2006
Statement: High Representative Calls for Changes in BiH Business Environment and EU Visa Regime in Order to Boost Competitiveness, Create Jobs
"Bosnia and Heryegovina has come back to the global technology market," the High Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, told journalists in Hannover today. He said the first ever participation by a BiH delegation at the world's largest computer fair, CEBIT, represented an important initial step in boosting contacts between the BiH IT sector a [...]
03/09/2006
High Representative Organizes a Meeting of German and BiH Business People at CEBIT
The High Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, today organized and chaired a meeting between BiH and German Information Technology companies in Hannover, on the first day of the CEBIT international technology fair, one of the world's two principal annual exhibitions of computer innovation. Purpose of the meeting was to initiate contacts betw [...]
03/09/2006
One step closer to a single State-level Ombudsman Institution
OSCE Mission to BiH, Office of High Representative and Council of Europe welcome the adoption of the amendments to the Law on Ombudsman by BiH House of Representatives. The purpose of these amendments is to restructure the Ombudsmen institutions and achieve a coherent, effective and sustainable system of human rights protection for citizens across [...]
03/06/2006
House of Representatives’ Amendments on Minor Offences Must Be Rejected
The Principal Deputy High Representative, Larry Butler, called on the FBiH House of Peoples (HoP) to support legislation at their session tomorrow that will modernise the way in which BiH deals with minor offences.