30.11.2000

Independent Judicial Commission takes on development of Judiciary in BiH

Sarajevo, 30 November 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has established the Independent Judicial Commission (IJC), which will take over from the Judicial Systems Assessment Program (JSAP), currently run by UNMiBH, the task of implementing the program of judicial reform in BiH.
23.11.2000

Continued Progress/Obstacles in Property Law Implementation

Sarajevo, 23 November 2000 During the period from July (the last release of statistics) to September, the rate of repossessions rose from 21% to 24% in the Federation and from 9% to 10% in the Republika Srpska, and the overall rate for BiH rose from 15% to 18%.
21.11.2000

High Representative urges BiH to catch winds of change five years after Dayton

Sarajevo, 21 November 2000 On this day, five years ago, the General Framework Agreement for Peace was initialled after weeks of negotiations at the Wright-Patterson airbase in Dayton, Ohio. Whatever the compromises that the DPA brought -- and continues to bring -- the accord saved many lives and the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
20.11.2000

Symposium in Austria on the fight against corruption, fraud and crime in BiH

Sarajevo, 20 November 2000 The Office of the High Representative together with the G. Marshall European Center for Security Studies organized last week a five-day symposium, "The Investigation, Coordination and Prosecution of Crimes of Fraud, Corruption and Transnational Crime: Refining the Process, Enhancing the Results" in Austria for officials f [...]
15.11.2000

OHR welcomes agreements ensuring continued mandates of BiH Ombudsman, Human Rights Chamber and Commission for Real Property Claims until end 2003

Sarajevo, 15 November 2000 The Office of the High Representative today welcomed two Agreements signed on November 10 by the Council of Ministers and the Federation and RS governments which retains the firm legal footing of the BiH Ombudsman, the Human Rights Chamber and the Commission for Real Property Claims (CRPC). The agreements, in relation to [...]
12.11.2000

High Representative imposes package of laws to strengthen state institutions, help kick-start BiH economy and ensure continued international funding

Sarajevo, 12 November 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today imposed a wide-ranging package of laws and amendments to help strengthen BiH's State institutions, build a sound and business-friendly economy in Bosnia and Herzegovina and ensure the country's access to future international funding. Some of the new laws -- the establishm [...]