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President Tihic and the High Representative will tomorrow at 15.00 in the Presidency Building sign an agreement setting up the Registry within the Court of BiH. The importance of trials held in the Court of BiH is clear. The Court of BiH and the BiH Prosecutors Office are responsible for BiH’s most serious crimes; including War Crimes and Organiz [...]

I am here today to talk about justice. And about a great hole that has recently been punched through the justice system by the politicians of this country, through which, the best-connected criminals can escape the law, after being tried or even before they go to trial. In January this year I removed immunity from corrupt politicians who have st [...]

The ICTY Chief Prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte yesterday highlighted that [I quote] “nine years after Dayton, the authorities of the RS have not apprehended a single individual indicted by the ICTY.” Carla Del Ponte goes on to say that this [again I quote] “confirms the systemic weaknesses built into the law enforcement and security structures in BiH, [...]

The High Representative will today return to Sarajevo after visiting Washington, New York, London and Brussels. Yesterday, and over the weekend, he met with the EU High Representative for a Common Security and Foreign policy Javier Solana, the new head of the European commission Jose Manuel Barroso, and other EU officials. On Monday he had a workin [...]

Данас послије подне високи представник Педи Ешдаун ће се састати са министром иност

The OHR welcomes the decision by the EU Council yesterday to extend the asset freeze to a further 18 ICTY indicted war criminals. It is another measure which will restrict the space in which those who are avoiding justice can operate. The OHR hopes that the BiH Institutions will, as earlier, declare their support for this action and without delay [...]

Високи представник ће данас информисати Савјет безбједности УН-а о напретку постиг

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, is in the United States, meeting senior US administration officials in the National Security council and State Department. Today he will hold talks with US Ambassador for War Crimes Pierre Prosper and have dinner the President of the World Bank James Wolfensohn. Tomorrow he will address the UN Security Counci [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown is in the United States. The thrust of the High Representatives discussions, in Washington and New York, will cover the current status of BiH’s efforts to secure admittance to PfP and to begin negotiations on a Stabilisation andAssociation Agreement with the EU. The talks will cover measures to unblock the imp [...]

Today, OHR received a copy of the letter that the BiH Constitutional Court’s Commission for Human Rights sent to Prime Minister Mikerevic, giving him their assessment of the RS’s Srebrenica report endorsed by the RS Government. I’ve called this press conference to give you OHR’s reaction. As you know, this report was provided to the Commission fo [...]