OHR Press Releases

06/04/2003

High Representative Appoints New HJPC Vice President
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, in accordance with the relevant BiH, Federation of BiH and Republika Srpska Laws, on Monday 2 June 2003 appointed Michael. T. O’Malley as Vice-President of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HJPC) and of both Entity HJPCs.
06/03/2003

Municipalities to Take Final Steps for Complete Implementation of the Property Laws
Each month new municipalities in BiH join the group of those having completed their outstanding property claims. To date 32 municipalities throughout BiH have done so. To ensure transparency and a standardized approach, the agencies involved in the Property Law Implementation Plan, OHR, OSCE, UNHCR and CRPC, have approved a set of guidelines to ver [...]
05/29/2003

High Representative Establishes BiH Intelligence Reform Commission
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, on Thursday issued a Decision establishing an Expert Commission on Intelligence Reform, charged with producing a proposal for setting up a single intelligence structure in BiH. The Commission, which will begin work in June, will draw up the necessary legislative changes and other legal instruments, in line w [...]
05/27/2003

Open Letter from the High Representative to the Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina
A year ago, I had the honour and privilege of taking up the position of High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. We’ve achieved a lot in the last year; but there’s a great deal more to do. I said, when I began this job, that my priorities would be justice and jobs. These are still my priorities today, because I know they are your prioritie [...]
05/19/2003

One Economic Reform Every Four Days
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today congratulated members of the Bulldozer Commission and their partners in the state and entity governments for passing one economic reform every four days on average since the initiative began, a speed which he described as "unparalleled" in this country. The 49th reform - strengthening environmental [...]
05/16/2003

High Representative Imposed Decisions to Accelerate Resolution of Property Disputes
High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, yesterday imposed 'Law on Construction Land'. This law ensures that all future transfers of land under the domestic legal process will be non-discriminatory, and will provide a framework for resolving disputed land allocations made after the start of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 6 April 1992...
05/15/2003

High Representative Meets French Foreign Minister
The High Representative met the French Foreign Minister, Dominique de Villpin, this morning in the Quai D'Orsay in Paris. The High Representative today is on a one-day visit to Paris to meet with top French Officials from the Foreign Ministry and the Office of the French Prime Minister to discuss BiH’s reform programme, the EU role in BiH, and the [...]
05/14/2003

High Representative Appoints International Judge to BiH Court
In a Decision signed late last week the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, appointed Mr. Fernando Correia Estrela, a Portuguese Judge of the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court in Lisbon, an international judge of the Special Panels for Organised Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption within both the Criminal Division and the Appellate Division o [...]