With support of the Heinrich Böll Foundation – Office in Bosnia
and Herzegovina, the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in
Bosnia and Herzegovina organized a series of public debates in
the year 2007 on the topic “Constitution of Bosnia and
Herzegovina between individual and collective human rights”. The
debates were held in Foca, Bugojno, Livno, Doboj and Sarajevo,
and they were attended by representatives of non-governmental
organizations, legislative and executive government, and media.
The participants of these public debates have adopted the
following
CONCLUSIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
1.
Democratic debate on constitution change with
participation of the widest circle of civil society actors,
including representatives of non-governmental organizations,
scientific institutions and citizens is supported. We
particularly advocate discussions within assemblies and other
institutions of the system with full respect for the principles
of publicity and transparency of work;
2.
The debate should aim at achieving harmonization of the
Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the European
Convention on Human Rights and Freedoms and other relevant
international standards in the field of human rights;
3.
Adoption of changes with the aim of affirmation of
citizens – individuals and their individuals human rights is
recommended. An assumption for this is consistent respect for
ethnic equality and equality of citizens on the whole territory
of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
4.
It is necessary to change provisions of the Constitution
of Bosnia and Herzegovina depriving any citizen of Bosnia and
Herzegovina of the passive voting rights regardless of the place
of residence. It is also necessary to change provisions
reserving posts of speakers and their deputies in the Bosnian
Parliamentary Assembly houses exclusively for members of the
three constituent peoples;
5.
It is necessary to insert changes in the Constitution of
Bosnia and Herzegovina that would guarantee rights of members of
national minorities and those citizens that are not members of
either constituent peoples or national minorities.
No: 07-12/2007
Sarajevo, 10 December 2007
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