12.07.2006

OHR’s Statement at the International Agencies’ Joint Press Conference in Mostar

The Administrative Committee of the BiH House of Representatives will meet tomorrow to discuss the Law on the Rights and Responsibilities of Parliamentarians. This law, which would give Members of Parliament pension payments and other benefits well in excess of those enjoyed by other citizens, has already been the subject of considerable popular in [...]
11.07.2006

Transcript of the International Agencies’ Joint Press Conference

Even with the passage of time, it is impossible to comprehend fully the horror of what happened in Srebrenica 11 years ago today. Each time I think of Srebrenica, I have to ask myself what more we could and should have done, and what more I could and should have done, to prevent the slaughter in what was, after all, a UN-declared safe haven. Exactl [...]
21.06.2006

OHR’s Statement at the International Agencies’ Joint Press Conference in Mostar

The deadline given by the High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling to the Mostar authorities to speed up the pace of integration in the city, passed yesterday. In his letter to Mostar political leaders sent late last week, the High Representative has expressed his concern about the current political stalemate, and has asked them to intensify [...]