OHR Press Releases

Sarajevo, 15 December 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, welcomes today's establishment of diplomatic relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This has been long due, and constitutes an important step in the normalisation of relations between the countries, as well as in the implementation of t [...]

Sarajevo, 14 December 2000 The Office of the High Representative, OSCE, UNHCR, and UNHCHR wish to inform individuals that the deadline for submitting claims for illegal dismissal under the RS Labour Law is February 16th, 2001. Those people who believe they were illegally dismissed from their jobs between 31 December 1991 and 16 November 2000 must s [...]

Sarajevo, 13 December 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, met with President- and Vice-President-elect of the Republika Srpska, Messrs. Mirko Sarovic and Dragan Cavic, and SDS President of the Presidency, Mr. Dragan Kalinic, in Sarajevo on 12 December 2000. They agreed to issue the following statement: The SDS leaders, in the name of [...]

Sarajevo, 13 December 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, yesterday issued a Decision imposing an amendment to the Law on Administrative Fees of Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the amended Law, Ministries will be allowed to adopt and change administrative fees by means of by-laws.

Sarajevo, 13 December 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, yesterday imposed the Law on the Human Rights Ombudsman for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The High Representative used the powers vested in him by Article V of Annex 10 of the Dayton Peace Accords and through the Conclusions of the Bonn Peace Implementation Council in 1997. The Law f [...]

Sarajevo, 12 December 2000 The Office of the High Representative, the OSCE Mission to BiH and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, supported by UNMIBH and CRPC, have launched the "DOSTA JE" campaign, to address the most pressing obstacles standing in the way of implementation of property legislation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. While it [...]

Sarajevo, 12 December 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today issued a Decision enabling the old, Entity-identifiable passports, to be issued until the BiH Single National Passport becomes available. On September 29th, the High Representative decided that the BiH Single National Passport would be issued from November 30th.

Sarajevo, 08 December 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, is very grateful to Deputy High Representative, Ambassador Peter Hancock, for his hard work in the last year as head of the OHR's Banja Luka office. During this Millenium year, Ambassador Hancock led OHR through many important events in Republika Srpska including municipal, par [...]

Sarajevo, 06 December 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, in answer to some public comments by the RS president elect, Mirko Sarovic, today makes clear that the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is mandated to prosecute and try persons responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law [...]

Sarajevo, 06 December 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, yesterday issued a Decision abolishing the so-called Municipality of Skelani and restoring the pre-war boundaries of the Municipality of Srebrenica. The High Representative was forced to issue this Decision because the illegal "Municipality of Skelani" had continued to perform [...]