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05/10/2001

Education Policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Education is a crucial issue for the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a high priority area for the International Community. It is essential for the future of BiH that schools become beacons for a peaceful future marked by tolerance and understanding. They are a long way from that now. Far too often, schools in BiH are still being used to spread [...]
05/01/2001

Gender Equality
Discrimination in Bosnia and Herzegovina takes place not just on the familiar grounds of ethnicity and political opinion, but also on the basis of gender. The economic and political changes until 1991, coupled with the recent war have had a significant negative impact on the status of women in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Overall, women's political repr [...]
05/01/2001

Economic and Social Rights
As Bosnia and Herzegovina is in the midst of a reconciliation process, its population faces numerous obstacles in promoting the reintegration of society. Discrimination is widespread, particularly against the following groups: members of the minority ethnic groups, particularly, returnees; individuals who belong to the majority groups and who have [...]
05/01/2001

Human Rights Coordination Center (HRCC)
The Human Rights Coordination Centre (HRCC) is an inter-agency centre based within OHR, which has been established to assist in information exchange and coordination (downloadable as pdf file) amongst various agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina which are working on human rights issues. As each of the large international agencies, including OHR, OSCE [...]
02/05/2001

Human Rights Priorities for 2001
Human Rights Steering Board Recommendations to the Human Rights Task Force 5 February 2001 This document forms part of the yearly review process of the activities and actions of the international community in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This document identifies the five main human rights priorities set by the international community (OHR, OSCE, UNMiBH, [...]