OHR Press Releases

Attending the ceremony today in Potocari to commemorate ten years since the massacre of Bosniaks in the United Nations protected safe zone of Srebrenica, the Paddy Ashdown, the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, said “today is above all a day for the families who are burying their dead: our efforts to open the memorial in Potocari has [...]

The High Representative today welcomed the commitment from the Government of Republika Srpska to re-start talks on police reform with the Council of Ministers of B&H and Government of FB&H.

Today High Representative Paddy Ashdown signed the Decision on removing the Central Bosnia Canton Education Minister Nikola Lovrinovic.

The discovery of these explosives is a serious matter. The discovery came to light as a result of the increased security activity surrounding the Srebrenica anniversary due to take place next week.

In response to today's 16 page supplement published by Vecernje Novosti todaywhich published the names of over 3000 Serbs who were killed in the area around Srebrenica, the OHR issued the following statement:"Any citizen of BiH can bring a case to the Court, as was the case with the family members of the men who went missing in Srebrenica in 1995.

In response to the statement issued by the European Commission today noting the important step forward that has been made on delivering PBS legislation this week, but at the same time highlighting that police reform now must be tackled without delay if there is to be any possibility of commencing Stabilisation and Association negotiations before th [...]

The mandate of the international members of the BiH Election Commission ends today, following a Decision of the High Representative. The BiH House of Representatives appointed new members yesterday to represent Bosniak and Serb constituent peoples, and will, appoint a Croat member in due course. Taking full ownership of this State institution is a [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today welcomed the decision by the Egmont Group to invite Bosnia and Herzegovina to become a member. The Egmont Gpup is a worldwide network of law enforcement agencies (comprising, with the addition of BiH, 85 countries) that gather and share financial intelligence on money laundering. Criminal networks, incl [...]

The High Representative, in his role as the EU’s Special Representative to BiH, Paddy Ashdown today attended a meeting chaired by the EU’s High Representative for a Common Foreign and Security Javier Solana in Brussels. The meeting was also attended by all of the other EU Special Representatives.

Last night, Senior Deputy High Representative Martin Ney held a reception for representatives of civil society in Bosnia and Herzegovina.