OHR Press Releases

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, on Thursday issued a Decision requiring Ministers in both Entities to notify the BiH Minister for Human Rights and Refugees on the use of funds allocated to refugee return. In addition, the Decision requires the Republika Srpska authorities to examine whether the funds allocated in the draft budget for r [...]

The agencies of the Property Law Implementation Plan, OHR, UNMiBH, OSCE, UNHCR and CRPC (PLIP), wish to express their disappointment with Federation Minister of Physical Planning and the Environment Ramiz Mehmedagic's recent statements on property law implementation. Specifically his recommendation that evictions of temporary occupants entitled to [...]

In Strasbourg today, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, welcomed the vote of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (CoE), recommending to the CoE's Committee of Ministers that Bosnia and Herzegovina's application for CoE membership be approved.

Principal Deputy High Representative Donald Hays today called for education reform as a matter of urgency, in order to promote economic recovery and competitiveness.

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, welcomes the entry into force of the Law on Associations and Foundations, enacted by the BiH Parliament in late December 2001. This Law will make a decisive contribution to the consolidation of civil society in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, held talks with senior international officials in Brussels on Wednesday. The High Representative was visiting Brussels to address the North Atlantic Council, NATO’s highest decision-making body, and the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, a multilateral forum where NATO’s 19 member countries a [...]

In Brussels today, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, addressed the North Atlantic Council (NAC), NATO’s top decision-making body. The High Representative thanked NATO and SFOR for providing the security umbrella under which peace implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina takes place, and he pointed to the efficient and continuous ex [...]

The PLIP agencies (OHR, OSCE, UNHCR, and UNMIBH) have launched an information campaign to explain the amendments to the property laws introduced on 4 December 2001. These amendments clarify the existing legislation with the aim of speeding up implementation of the property laws and ensuring the provision of alternative accommodation for those who r [...]

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today removed Mr. Ivan Mandic from his position as Head of Municipality Southwest in Mostar and barred him from holding any official, elective or appointive public office and from running in elections or for office within political parties.

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, met yesterday in Sarajevo with Mirko Pejanovic, President of the Serb Civic Council (SCC). The discussion focused on the implementation of the BiH Constitutional Court's decision on the constituency of BiH's peoples, return, and the recent threats against members of the SCC and their families.