OHR Press Releases
06/27/2019
PDHR Scanlan discusses Zvornik’s Potential with Representatives of the Community
Principal Deputy High Representative and Brcko Supervisor Michael Scanlan paid his first official visit to Zvornik on 26 June. During the visit, Mr. Scanlan met with Mayor Zoran Stevanović, Deputy Mayor Bojan Ivanović, and Zvornik City Assembly Speaker Mersad Mehmedović, as well as the leadership of the Zvornik Police Administration, and representa [...]
06/26/2019
Supervisor Scanlan: Private sector growth is central to Brcko District achieving prosperity
In his fourth visit to Brcko in the last four months, the Brcko District Supervisor, Michael Scanlan, yesterday met with the District Authorities and attended a presentation organized by the Brcko business community represented by BIMAL Group, the District authorities and the Brcko District Chamber of Commerce, on ideas how to transform Brcko into [...]
06/26/2019
PDHR Scanlan: Bijeljina serves as an example of private sector development and social tolerance
Principal Deputy High Representative and Brčko Supervisor Michael Scanlan paid his first official visit to Bijeljina yesterday.
06/20/2019
HR Inzko meets Judge Carmel Agius
High Representative Valentin Inzko attended the international conference “Stop Genocide and Holocaust Denial,” held today in Sarajevo.
06/19/2019
HR speaks at Committee of the Regions conference in Brussels
The High Representative Valentin Inzko is attending the “5th Enlargement Day” conference of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) in Brussels.
06/10/2019
PDHR Scanlan: Time for progressive agendas
The Principal Deputy High Representative and Brcko Supervisor, Michael Scanlan, concluded a three-day visit to Banja Luka in which he met with several state and RS officials
06/07/2019
Joint Statement of OSCE, OHR, US Embassy, UK Embassy, German Embassy, Embassy of the Netherlands and Embassy of Spain
We call on the HJPC and judicial institutions to hold responsible any judicial office holder who is alleged to have committed wrongdoing
05/29/2019
Upholding the Equality of all Constituent Peoples and of All Citizens across BiH
In May 2018, the Constitutional Court of the Federation of BiH determined that several provisions of the constitutions of Posavina, Herzegovina-Neretva, and West Herzegovina cantons violate the Constitution of the Federation of BiH as they do not recognize the constituent status of the Serb people, the Serb and Bosnian languages as the official lan [...]
05/29/2019
Supervisor Scanlan: Momentum for reforms must accelerate
During his two-day visit to Brcko, the Brcko District Supervisor, Michael Scanlan, met with representatives of the District authorities and of the political parties represented in the District Assembly to discuss recent developments in Brcko District aimed at improving government services and the business environment.
05/15/2019
Statement by the Ambassadors of the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council *
The PIC Steering Board unequivocally affirms that the BiH Armed Forces represent a key element of stability, cohesion and security of Bosnia and Herzegovina