Police restructuring
10/28/2004
PRC Declaration
The Bosnia and Herzegovina Police Restructuring Commissionmet in Brussels on 28 October 2004at the Institutions of the European Union and presented this Declaration to the European Commissioner for External Relations H.E. Chris Patten and the Secretary-General of the Council of the EU and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Poli [...]
10/26/2004
OHR’s Statement at the International Agency’s Joint Press Conference
Many statements have been made recently with regard the work of the Police Restructuring Commission - the PRC - but let me clarify the facts.
The High Representative in July gave the PRC until the end of the year to identify the operational, financial, constitutional and legislative issues that may at present stand in the way of creating a s [...]
The High Representative in July gave the PRC until the end of the year to identify the operational, financial, constitutional and legislative issues that may at present stand in the way of creating a s [...]
10/12/2004
Clear Public Support for More Effective Law Enforcement
At a roundtable held today in Sarajevo entitled “Police as a Service to the Community”, the Chairman of the Police Restructuring Commission, Wilfred Martens invited representatives of BiH non-governmental organisations and law enforcement experts to assess the way in which Law Enforcement agencies interact with the communities they serve.
09/24/2004
Communiqué by the PIC Steering Board
The Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board, meeting in Sarajevo on 23 and 24 September, endorsed the High Representative’s near-term mission-implementation strategy, focusing on helping the BiH authorities to
07/22/2004
OHR’s Statement at the International Agency’s Joint Press Conference in Banja Luka
As you know, the House of Representatives of the Federation Parliament yesterday narrowly rejected the legislation necessary to implement the internal debt plan worked out with the IMF. The plan had already been accepted at the State level and by the RSNA and Brcko District Assembly.
07/20/2004
OHR’s Statement at the International Agency’s Joint Press Conference
The Police Restructuring Commission will hold its first meeting on Thursday 22 July, in the Common Institutions Building . The mandate of the Commission is to help BiH put in place a police structure that will be effective and efficient and will enforce the rule of law.
07/14/2004
Remarks by the High Representative Paddy Ashdown at the Opening of the Premises of the State Investigation and Protection Agency
I am delighted to be here today to mark an important day for this country.
Later in the week we will open the Mostar Bridge. That is a big moment of closure on our war torn past. Today we are placing the keystone in the architecture of law and order, which will protect us in the future.
Later in the week we will open the Mostar Bridge. That is a big moment of closure on our war torn past. Today we are placing the keystone in the architecture of law and order, which will protect us in the future.
07/05/2004
Decision Establishing the Police Restructuring Commission
In the exercise of the powers vested in the High Representative by Article V of Annex 10 (Agreement on Civilian Implementation of the Peace Settlement) to the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to which the High Representative is the final authority in theatre regarding interpretation of the said Agreement on [...]
07/02/2004
Press Conference: High Representative To Give Police Restructuring Commission Its Mandate
The goal of this Commission is clear: to help BiH put in place a police structure that will be effective, efficient, and enforce the rule of law.
Let me be blunt. At the moment, organised crime has the upper hand in this country. BiH’s police forces are divided, over-staffed, under-resourced, and can’t even operate across the IEBL; however, [...]
Let me be blunt. At the moment, organised crime has the upper hand in this country. BiH’s police forces are divided, over-staffed, under-resourced, and can’t even operate across the IEBL; however, [...]
06/25/2004
Communiqué by the PIC Steering Board
The Steering Board acknowledged the legislative steps that have been taken by the BiH authorities in order to fulfill the requirements laid down in the EC’s Feasibility Study, but emphasized that implementation is now key. Among other things, the Steering Board urged the BiH Council of Ministers and Parliament to take specific steps by the end of J [...]