OHR related Interviews

Interview with HR Christian Schmidt

Interview with High Representative Christian Schmidt.

I insist that everyone return to the institutions, but that is not my obligation. Return is the obligation of those who were elected to work for the benefit of the people. Boycott is a sign of political weakness, not a sign of political contribution,” - Christian Schmidt, the new High Representative of the International Community for Bosnia and Her [...]

I think the conversation with the Prime Minister was very constructive. It was not a meeting open to the public, but we talked about the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the impact it has on the whole region.

There are no bad peoples, but there is also no collective guilt or collective responsibility for war crimes committed, said the High Representative Valentin Inzko in response to the media frenzy caused by his letter addressed at the RSNA, in which he called for the decorations awarded to Radovan Karadžić, Biljana Plavšić, and Momčilo Krajišnik to b [...]

A quarter of a century after the war, we are still witnessing squabbles about historical facts and a cacophony of accompanying divisive narratives. To put it simply, a situation like this prevents reconciliation and trust-building.

Mr Dodik tends to substitute what he sees as his ideal Dayton Accords to those that were actually signed by President Milošević and others. The same goes for the Constitution of BiH. Dayton was a compromise.