Odjel za ljudska prava/vladavinu prava

Human rights coordination centre A cooperative effort within the Office of the High Representative Human Rights Steering Board Recommendations to the Human Rights Task Force Introduction Progress made in the field of human rights during 1998 has contributed to the further development of a variety of mechanisms for human rights protection in Bosnia [...]

IPTF places Stolac police officers on 3 months probation RS police officers torture murder Suspects 'Zvornik 3' exchanged for Bosnian Serb prisoners IPTF Monitors attacked in Foca following attempted SFOR detention of Bosnian Serb RS Instruction on Property Laws published

SUMMARY IPTF inspection team deployed to examine performance of Stolac police in preventing and responding to returnee-related violence Violent incidents in Eastern RS following SFOR detention of indicted war crimes suspect, including attack on ECMM monitors Progress on returns to Polje and Rastani RS police officers disqualified for involvement i [...]

SUMMARY Continued incidents targeting Bosniak minority returns in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton; attacks targeting Bosniak minority returns in Teslic municipality Obstruction of Bosniak returns to Rastani UNMIBH Judicial System Assessment Programme established to monitor and assess BiH court system Implementation of property and housing laws in Feder [...]

SUMMARY Series of violent incidents targeting Bosniak minority returns in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, including death of Bosniak returnee and ill-treatment of Bosniak official and police officers by Capljina police Failure to meet minimum standards of fair trial in Ibrahim Djedovic case Sentences in Subotic case do not reflect severity and brutali [...]

SUMMARY Election-related incidents Torture and ill-treatment of illegally detained persons in Pale War crimes arrest in Ljubinje in violation of Rules of the Road Extension of deadline until 4 April 1999 for claiming socially owned apartments RS Government failure to adopt property and housing laws by 31 August deadline Bosnian Serb indictee appre [...]