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Open letter by Ambassador Brian Aggeler, Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH, to the members of the Republika Srpska National Assembly
Publishing date: 22 September 2023
Open letter by Ambassador Brian Aggeler, Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH, to the members of the Republika Srpska National Assembly
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- Bosanski/Srpski/Hrvatski
OSCE Mission to BiH Deputy Head Thomas Busch visits Lukavac, Lopare, Skelani and Srebrenica
Publishing date: 22 September 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Thomas Busch, paid a three-day visit to Srebrenica, Lukavac, Lopare and Skelani. During his trip, he attended the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial Centre, met with officials and members of the Majevica Inter Municipal Working Group and the EUFOR LOT Vlasenica, and handed over equipment for a school playground in Skelani.
Final workshop on increasing awareness of managers and operational staff on intelligence-led policing principles, requirements and benefits held in Teslić
Publishing date: 20 September 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina held a final workshop for law enforcement agencies on increasing awareness of managers and operational staff on core components and significant benefits of intelligence-led policing principles.
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- Bosanski/Srpski/Hrvatski
Op-Ed by Ambassador Brian Aggeler on GBV in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 4 September 2023
The scourge of domestic violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina demands an urgent response. On August 29, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina hosted a distinguished gathering of ministers and other key leaders from across the country. We were pleased to host the Speaker of the BiH Parliament, the President of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of BiH, the Federation Minister of the Interior, Cantonal Ministers of Justice and Interior, police representatives from relevant agencies and others together around one table. Their joining us in such numbers reflected our shared recognition of a serious problem facing this country: the terrible scourge of domestic abuse. We spoke not as bureaucrats but as people facing a challenge that harms many among us.
Promotion of the Guidelines on Communication with Persons with Disabilities held in Široki Brijeg
Publishing date: 4 September 2023
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Institution of Human Rights Ombudsman of Bosnia and Herzegovina organized the promotion of the Guidelines for Improvement of Everyday Communication with Persons with Disabilities in Široki Brijeg today.
OSCE Mission to BiH Initiates Comprehensive Dialogue to Combat Gender-Based Violence
Publishing date: 29 August 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Gender equality, Rule of law
With compassion for the families of the victims of recent tragic events in Gradačac, Živinice and Bijeljina, the OSCE Mission to BiH hosted today in Sarajevo the Speaker of the BiH Parliament House of Representatives, ministers and representatives from the state, entities', Brčko District of BiH and cantonal levels, the President of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, justice and interior ministries, and gender institutional mechanisms to address the pressing issue of gender-based violence.
Head of OSCE Mission to BiH meets Tuzla Canton Officials to discuss gender-based violence
Publishing date: 28 August 2023