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Annual Report: Bosnia And Herzegovina 2011
Head of state: rotating presidency - Željko Komšić, Nebojša Radmanović, Bakir Izetbegović (replaced Haris Silajdzic in November) Head of government: Nikola Špirić Death penalty: abolitionist for all crimes Population: 3.8 million Life expectancy: 75.5 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 17/12 per 1,000 Adult literacy: 97.6 per cent Nationalistic rhetoric was widespread. Prosecution of war crimes cases continued, but progress remained slow. Civilian victims of war continued to be denied access to justice and reparations. Background In the run-up to the October general elections, relations between the main ethnic groups - Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks), Croats and Serbs - continued to be marked…
July 11, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Urges Bosnia and Herzegovina to Reject the Burqa Ban
Amnesty International Media Release For Immediate Release Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Amnesty International Urges Bosnia and Herzegovina to Reject the Burqa Ban Contact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) Amnesty International is urging the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina to reject a draft law, prohibiting wearing in public, clothes which prevent identification which is set for debate tomorrow. “If adopted, such a law would violate the human rights of women who choose to wear a full face veil as an expression of their religious, cultural, political or personal identity or beliefs," said Marek Marczynski, Amnesty International’s researcher on Bosnia…
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Urges Bosnia and Herzegovina to Reject the Burqa Ban
Amnesty International Media Release For Immediate Release Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Amnesty International Urges Bosnia and Herzegovina to Reject the Burqa Ban Contact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) Amnesty International is urging the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina to reject a draft law, prohibiting wearing in public, clothes which prevent identification which is set for debate tomorrow. “If adopted, such a law would violate the human rights of women who choose to wear a full face veil as an expression of their religious, cultural, political or personal identity or beliefs," said Marek Marczynski, Amnesty International’s researcher on Bosnia…
March 27, 2011
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Europe: Open Secret: Mounting Evidence of Europe’s Complicity in Rendition and Secret Detention
Europe: Open Secret: Mounting Evidence of Europe's Complicity in Rendition and Secret Detention Available in PDF only.
March 26, 2011
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Annual Report: Bosnia and Herzegovina 2010
Head of state rotating presidency - ?eljko Kom?i?, Neboj?a Radmanovi?, Haris Silajd?i? Head of government Nikola ?piri? Death penalty abolitionist for all crimes Population 3.8 million Life expectancy 75.1 years Under-5 mortality (m/f) 17/512 per 1,000 Adult literacy 96.7 per cent The country continued to be increasingly divided along ethnic lines. Progress in prosecution of war crimes cases committed during the 1992-1995 war remained slow. The authorities continued to fail to address the situation of women who were raped during the war by not providing them with adequate access to justice and reparations. Background Relations between members of the three…
March 19, 2011