Press Conferences

The High Representative, at the request of RS Prime Minister Pero Bukejlovic, agreed yesterday to extend the deadline for the Srebrenica Commission to present its report to the end of March.

As the procedure to appoint the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) Director draws to a close, the OHR wishes to make it clear that it expects this process to be kept free of any political pressure or undue influence. The Law on Ministerial Appointments clearly sets out the process for an impartial and politically free appointment proc [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, is in Banja Luka today where he will be holding meetings with the RSNA party caucuses. The High Representative will be making it clear to RS politicians that Police Reform is not about abolishing the Entities, or the Entity Ministries of Interior - it’s about creating an efficient police service, accountable [...]

I make a prediction to you that this press conference I am about to give will annoy you and perplex you in equal measure. It will annoy you because all of you are talking about one thing and one thing only and I am not going to make any further comment on that. We made a comment yesterday on the issue of indictment yet to be confirmed by the Court [...]

The High Representative will visit Banja Luka tomorrow where he will meet senior RS political leaders. One of the main topics of discussion will be Police restructuring.

Good afternoon. Thank you for coming to our press conference. It seems it has been some time since we had one, and my announcement today may strike some of you as being technical rather than dramatic nature. But it is a very important announcement nevertheless because it marks extremely important milestone for BiH and I want to therefore stress tha [...]

The BiH Presidency on 15 September 2004 called on all competent authorities to adopt appropriate legislation which would enforce UN decisions denying certification to former police officers. BiH has an obligation, restated by the UNSC Presidential Statement in June 2004, to uphold the UN's decisions. The proposed amendment, in recognising the abili [...]

As many of you know, the EU’s Commissioner for Enlargement, Olli Rehn, has written to Prime Minister Adnan Terzic, reiterating the three principles established by the European Commission on the basis of which police reform in BiH should be carried forward. Police Reform is a key component of BiH’s efforts to prepare for the negotiation of a Stabili [...]

Today and for the rest of this week the High Representative will be taking part in a series of radio discussion programmes on the subject of police reform. The High Representative will be seeking to clarify the debate about police reform. It’s important everyone understands what the issues are - and what whey are not. Police restructuring is about [...]

The BiH House of Representatives at its session tomorrow will consider a package of legislation that establishes the pre-trial detention facility on the grounds of the Court of BiH. This package consists of the Law on Execution of Criminal Sanctions, Detention and other Measures of BiH and the Law on the amendments to the BiH Criminal Procedure Cod [...]