Background documents
05/09/2002
PERMANENT COUNCIL No 393 – EU Statement in response to the Address by the High Representative to BiH, H.E. Ambassador Wolfgang Petritsch
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The associated countries, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Turkey subscribe to this statement.
04/16/2002
EU General Affairs Council (GAC) Conclusions, Luxembourg
The Council welcomed the agreement reached by political leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the implementation of the Constitutional Court decision on constituent peoples. It commended the crucial efforts of the High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch in facilitating the agreement. The Council called for urgent adoption of the constitutional amendm [...]
03/19/2002
Economic Newsletter, Vol. 4, Issue 4
On 19 December 2001, the Council of the European Union issued a Joint Action appointing Dr Erhard Busek as "Special Representative of the European Union to carry out the functions of Special Coordinator for the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe." Dr Busek thus succeeded Bodo Hombach whose mandate as Special Coordinator was to end on 31 Decemb [...]
03/12/2002
Statement of the European Union on BiH’s Constitutional Reform
The European Union notes that two years after the first partial decision of the BiH’s Constitutional Court on the equality of the Constituent Peoples, the process of implementation is entering its final stage.
02/19/2002
General Affairs Council (GAC) Conclusions
Recalling its conclusions of 28 January 2002, the Council announced the EU's readiness to ensure, by the 1st of January 2003, the follow-on to the United Nations International Police Task Force (IPTF) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). In order to ensure a successful follow-up to the UN IPTF, the EU´s aim would be a broad approach with activities add [...]
02/13/2002
The Adjudication of “War Salaries” of Justice Sector Employees in Una Sana Canton
In November 2000 a large number of employees of the judiciary in Una-Sana Canton (the "Canton") obtained their salaries for the period December 1994 to December 1995 ("War Salaries") through standard court proceedings. The payments caused widespread controversy throughout the Canton and increased the already existing perception of public distrust i [...]
02/13/2002
IJC Issues Report on Canton 1 Judiciary
Yesterday, the Independent Judicial Commission (IJC) sent a report on judicial behaviour in the Una-Sana Canton (Canton 1) to the Federation Judges Commission (FJC) and the Una Sana Canton Judges Commission
01/10/2002
Administration and Management Reform of BiH Court System gets Underway
The Head of the Independent Judicial Commission (IJC), Judge Rakel Surlien, is pleased to announce the start of a new judicial reform project. Funded by the Norwegian government and under the auspices of the IJC, the project will focus on administration and management in BiH courts. It has the full support of both Entity Ministers of Justice
12/31/2001
Progress Report November – December 2001
Following the usual pattern in these activity reports, this report has been drafted following the project goals of the IJC as set out in its Strategy Paper and the project numbers referred to in this report are those of the Strategy Paper.