OHR Press Releases
07/12/2001
High Representatives condemns fatal attack in Dzamdzici
Sarajevo, 12 July 2001 On Wednesday night a shot was fired into a family home in Dzamdzici, Republika Srpska, killing 16-year old Meliha Duric. The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch is appalled by this murder. The Duric family returned to Dzamdzici this year.
07/11/2001
High Representative honors victims of Srebrenica massacre
Sarajevo, 11 July 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today attended the ceremony to commemorate the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Potocari. The event was attended by thousands of family members and friends of the victims, civic and political leaders from Bosnia and Herzegovina and representatives of the international com [...]
07/09/2001
BLRC is providing series of training sessions to the Brcko District Police
Brcko, 09 July 2001 During the past two weeks, the Brcko Law Review Commission (BLRC) provided training to Brcko District Court judges, prosecutors, legal aid lawyers and Brcko District police inspectors to be trainers in the new criminal procedure, for the purpose of further training all the uniform police in Brcko District. Each training session [...]
07/05/2001
Brcko Supervisor Issues Supervisory Order on the Law on Education in Primary and Secondary Schools of the Brcko District of BiH
Brcko, 6 July 2001 The Supervisor of Brcko District, Henry L. Clarke, issued a Supervisory Order on 5 July 2001 imposing the Law on Education in Primary and Secondary Schools of Brcko District, which includes all amendments passed by the Brcko District Assembly on June 27. The Order also puts into effect the harmonized curriculum developed for Brc [...]
07/05/2001
Principal Deputy High Representative meets RS Auditor General
Sarajevo, 05 July 2001 The Principal Deputy High Representative, Ambassador Ralph Johnson today met the Auditor General of the Republika Srpska Supreme Audit Institution, Bosko Ceko, to convey his support for the work of this institution and his appreciation of its cooperation with the international team which audited the Republika Srpska public ac [...]
07/04/2001
Independent Judicial Commission Signs Memorandum of Understanding on Appointment Procedures in the Judiciary
Banja Luka, 04 July 2001 The Director of the Independent Judicial Commission, Rakel Surlien today in Banja Luka signed a Memorandum of Understanding on appointment procedures concerning the judiciary of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Representatives of the Ministries of Justice of both the Republika Srpska and the Federation, as well as of the Judges' and [...]
07/04/2001
High Representative extends deadline for use of socially-owned apartments for alternative accommodation
Sarajevo, 04 July 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today extended the deadline for the use of socially-owned apartments as alternative accommodation to make sure that the apartments will continue to be used as alternative accommodation.
07/03/2001
BLRC participated in the first meeting of the Brcko District Judicial Commission
Brcko, 03 July 2001 Brcko Law Review Commission Paricipated in the first plenary session of the Brcko District Judicial Commission which was held on Saturday, 30 June 2001. The Judicial Commission is composed of: Representative of the Constitutional Court of BiH: Vitomir Popovic President of the Appellate Court of Brcko District: Damjan Kaurinovic [...]
07/03/2001
OHR and OSCE Assess Necessary Reforms for Entity Budgets
Sarajevo, 03 July 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, and the OSCE Head of Mission, Robert Beecroft, on learning the results of the audit of the Entity Budgets for the year 2000 carried out in last three months, express their deep concern about the state of public finances and the existing mechanisms of control over tax-payers' money [...]
06/29/2001
High Representative Welcomes Signing of Succession Agreement in Vienna
Sarajevo, 29 June 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, speaking today at the signing of the Agreement on Succession Issues of the Former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY), welcomed the treaty as a historic step towards greater regional cooperation.