petak, 16. listopada 2020.

Caina-Longbranch Defence Systems (about the company from the website: http://cainalongbranch.com/index.html) - Pretis

http://cainalongbranch.com/company_profile.html The #CainaLongbranchDefenceSystemsGroup of companies was established in 1985 and is in its 35th year of International Firearms, Ordnance and IMO / explosives production, sub-contracting, distribution and International shipping logistic experience. Their company in Bosnia i Herzegovina was formed in 2006. The company in Sarajevo also serves as the European daughter company and for other complimentary factories throughout Eastern Europe. A second company is being formed in Europe for Western European/NATO distribution Caina-Longbranch Defence Systems expanded to the United States in 2007 to further support the US Government business since 1994. Both North American companies are individually CCR and ORCA registered for U.S. Government military contracting and also certified under the Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement by the U.S./Canada Joint Certification Office for Militarily Critical Technical Data. The office in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Caina-Longbranch Defence Systems & Engineering Industries (BH) d.o.o. Igmanska bb, Zgrada Unis Pretis Prvi Sprat, Suite #3 71320 Vogosca (Sarajevo) Bosna i Hercegovina Telephone: 1-613-253-0955 Facsimile: 1-613-253-3492 http://cainalongbranch.com/company_profile.html Although all sections listed are active and are at least partially populated this website has been evolving as of late 2010 when it was finally launched for the first time for our group of companies. Due to the range and complexity of our equipment line, if you do not see what you are looking for or need further information please contact us with additional specific requests until we are able to fully populate the website. For live links and more information please go to the Ordnance & Equipment side bar and click on the live links Some of our Western, Eastern, and International Standard Ordnance & Equipment line that we produce, co-produce, program manage (including OEM components and parts) or distribute include: Firearms / small arms / infantry weapons & related equipment Small arms ammunition, metallic links, primers, and components Machine Guns, cannons and their hydraulically buffered .50cal/12.7 mounts for helicopters (defensive), vehicles, patrol boats, and infantry ground mounts (sustained fire) along with optics and optic mounts. We Specialize in Legacy .50 Browning GAU-18/XM-218 aircraft machine guns, spare barrels and upgrades, & mounts, including for Rotary Wing Defensive Armament as a Forte. We also produce a wide array of .50cal - 12.7x99mm ammunition to support these guns with M-9, M-2 and M-15A2 metallic links Grenades, grenade launchers, and hand grenades Mortars and mortar ammunition with standard and advanced fuzes Artillery & tank guns and artillery & tank ammunition with standard and advanced fuzes Rocket launchers, rockets & rocket propelled grenades Guided anti-tank/anti-armor missiles & launchers Recoilless rifles & recoilless rifle ammunition Explosives; primarily military but including some commercial industrial including TNT, RDX, HMX, PETN, DNT combinations, ANFO explosives, detonators, and some related equipment Anti-tank mines, and some demolition charges Hand held parachute illuminating flares Aircraft bombs, bomb casings and fuzes Light B-7 armoured 19,500 lb. GVW 4,500lb payload 350 BHP turbo high sulphur tolerant diesel or gasoline Reconnaissance - Fast Attack RFA-10 vehicles with 141" wheelbase & cannon armament currently being hydraulically buffered and integrated Original Casspir MPV 4 x 4 armoured mine-protected 14 person troop transport vehicles, overhauled & optional upgrades and reconfigurations including recovery vehicles, manual or automatic & C-130 transportable We are currently looking at three air conditioning options for heavy AFVs (Armoured Fighting Vehicles) to fill an urgent operational requirement Specific full coverage level IIIA body armour & rifle strike plates for helicopter gunners, vehicle commanders & gunners in four weights We are also involved in a number of military and commercial aviation projects including specialized overhaul, program management, and systems integration. We provide both new production and also in stock and refurbished equipment parts, components and spare parts including on an OEM basis to other manufacturers. De-militarization of ordnance & ammunition in our manufacturing & production range including smallarms ammunition from 5.56 mm to 14.5 x 114 mm, cannon ammunition, rifle grenades, hand grenades, anti-tank mines, rocket propelled grenades, mortar, tank and artillery ammunition, aviation ordnance, and some larger un-guided rockets within our area of expertise. Whatever we can competently put together in the manufacturing process we can also take apart. Smallarms ammunition can be de-militarized at our facilities or on the customers site depending on the specific proposal. Our Company is also involved in design and development of firearms, ammunition and military ordnance; providing production and logistics management and consulting in the field of military ordnance; refurbishing and enhancing firearms and military ordnance. We also offer strategic/logistic planning and implementation in conjunction with the equipment that we provide within our areas of expertise. Since the inception of our group of companies we are also involved in counter-trade; exchanging surplus / obsolete ordnance and equipment , including some aircraft and some vehicles, for new ordnance and equipment. As defence budgets change this can be a significant boost to many new acquisitions.

četvrtak, 15. listopada 2020.

MEASURE BIH (about)

http://measurebih.com/about-measure-bih
Monitoring and Evaluation Support Activity (MEASURE-BiH) Total Funding: $8.9 million Duration: September 2014 – September 2019 Implementing Partner: IMPAQ International, LLC The Challenge USAID is committed to key principles and practices that foster a results-oriented culture within the Agency, and makes every effort to ensure strong oversight of its assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Rigorous monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is a major focus of USAID reforms to improve transparency, accountability and learning as a part of the Agency’s USAID/Forward effort. Instilling these values into USAID interventions in BiH requires a dedicated team of M&E experts. Local researchers and organizations, however, lack the capacity to fill this role. They, too, need to learn and integrate such values and functions to conduct independent analysis of economic and political challenges and policies in BiH. Our Program The USAID Monitoring and Evaluation Support Activity in BiH (MEASURE-BiH) has two primary objectives. Building USAID capacity to evaluate the impact of development interventions in BiH is the proximal purpose of this activity. MEASURE-BiH will strengthen USAID/BiH’s results-oriented culture, using M&E to inform current program management and the longer-term strategic direction of our programs in BiH. Development projects in BiH, however, will not go on indefinitely. The skills to evaluate development interventions lend themselves to be transferred into skills to evaluate the impact of public policy, proposed legislation, and organic solutions to the challenges facing the country. Therefore, MEASURE-BiH will also develop capacity to conduct independent, high-quality evaluations and other studies for local organizations, government institutions, USAID and other donors in BiH. The local capacity to conduct objective analysis will be strengthened in order to achieve a culture of results-based and data-driven public policy decision making. Implementation and Expected Results Through the following activities, MEASURE-BiH will address inefficiencies in resource management to enable USAID/BiH to make decisions based on cutting-edge evidence, and will also develop local M&E capacity: Strengthen USAID performance management and project/activity M&E by improving its ability to identify, collect and analyze performance data and information; Conduct evaluations, surveys, studies and sector assessments of our activities to help USAID deliver results on a meaningful scale; Develop a Geographic Information System to map where we work and what we do there; Provide M&E training and technical assistance for USAID/BiH staff and implementing partners; Develop a comprehensive Research Fellows Program in social science and program evaluation for independent local researchers, including both targeted training courses and learn-by-doing capacity building; and Provide demand-driven M&E capacity building of BiH government/public institutions. For more information, please visit www.usaid.gov/bosnia  HOMEABOUT USM&E RESOURCESEVALUATIONSASSESMENTS, SURVEYS AND OTHER STUDIESM&E CAPACITY BUILDINGDATAThis web site is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of the page are the sole responsibility of the editor and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.”Copyright© 2016 - USAID/BiH - MEASURE-BiH • All rights reserved

petak, 9. listopada 2020.

David King (establisher of Foreign Investors Council - FIC) - biography Linkedin

 https://ba.linkedin.com/in/david-king-8932215?challengeId=AQHrh_hmrJ29pAAAAXUNCGDfHch5nIbAu8h4G-DpOHxc731FI6kh4_6GZxxdEnH-o2Bs9nb84T-sUo0ZCDkH4WPsYgQC0WFRbw&submissionId=f05acb04-1d4e-3c16-49f1-d5ccd5ccf25e


David King

Chief of Party, USAID Financial Reform Agenda Project, Bosnia & Herzegovina


Experience

Experience

  • Chief of Party

    FInancial Markets International - USAID FINRA Project

     - Present 





    3 years 1 month

    Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • Cardno International Development

    Cardno International Development

    10 years 11 months

    • Chief of Party, USAID EMPOWER Private Sector Project

       - 2 years 1 month

      Pristina, Kosovo

    • Director Economic Growth

       - 8 years 10 months

      Arlington VA and Sarajevo, BiH

  • Chief of Party

    Cardno International Development - USAID-Sida FIRMA Project

     - 2 years 3 months

  • Managing Consultant

    IBM

     - 1 year 11 months

    Economic development consulting

  • Managing Consultant

    PwC Consulting

     - 2 years

    Serbia, Montenegro, Bethesda MD

  • Chief of Party; Director Central Europe

    The Recovery Group

     - 5 years

utorak, 6. listopada 2020.

Alkalaj: BiH u NATO-u 2009. godine (Klix, Fena 21.1.2007. u 15:42)

 https://www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/alkalaj-bih-u-nato-u-2009-godine/070121010?fbclid=IwAR1S7lEl32_woAmWFayCuatXB-KgkyLa22m4J53rC_dH9wQ1MVTQGDjhHJk


Ambasador Bosne i Hercegovine u Belgiji Sven Alkalaj izjavio je u nedjelju u intervjuu Radiju Federacije BiH da mu predstavlja izuzetnu čast to što ga je Stranka za BiH kandidovala za novog ministra vanjskih poslova naše zemlje.

Smatra da ga je na ovu dužnost preporučila njegova dosadašnja biografija u kojoj, uz ostalo, piše da je u bh. diplomatiji od 1993. godine. Alkalaj ima 58 godina, po narodnosti je Jevrej, završio je Mašinski fakultet i dugo je radio u Energoinvestu. Odlično govori engleski jezik.

"Imao sam čast i zadovoljstvo da BiH predstavljam u Washingtonu i Bruxellesu, i to u nekim presudnim godinama za našu zemlju. Tu sam stekao neka poznanstva koja su mi, pored ostalog, pomogla i da lobiram za BiH, pogotovo u procesu našeg prijema u Partnerstvo za mir NATO-a", rekao je Alkalaj.

Govoreći o tome kada bi BiH mogla ući u punopravno članstvo NATO-a ambasador Alkalaj je rekao da bi se to moglo dogoditi 2009. godine. Te godine ovaj vojni savez proslavlja 60 godina svog djelovanja i on smatra da bi se taj jubilej, uz ostalo, mogao obilježiti i prijemom blakanskih zemalja u NATO.

"Lopta je u našem dvorištu i od nas samih najviše zavisi kada ćemo biti primljeni u Sjevernoatlantski savez. To znači da moramo ispuniti određene uvjete koje traže u Bruxellesu", istaknuo je bh. ambasador.

Jedan od th uvjeta sastoji se u tome da naša zemlja ne samo dobija pomoć od partnera nego i da njima pruža svoj doprinos. Da li to znači da bi naša vojska uskoro mogla ići u misiju u Afganistan?

"Moguće je i da se poveća naše učešće u operacijama NATO-a, pa i da naši vojnici idu u Afganistan, ali o tome odluku donosi Predsjedništvo BiH kao vrhovna komanda. Smatram da bi naš doprinos u toj zemlji bio odlično primljen u NATO-u, na isti način kao što se odlično vrednuje učešće naših deminera u Iraku", naglasio je ambasador bh. u Belgiji Sven Alkalaj u intervjuu Radiju Federacije BiH.


Dužnosnik UN-a iz BiH Alkalaj optužen za protuzakonitu isplatu novčane nagrade (Index, Hina 14.4.2015.)

https://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/Duznosnik-UN-a-iz-BiH-Alkalaj-optuzen-za-protuzakonitu-isplatu-novcane-nagrade/814345.aspx


SUD BOSNE i Hercegovine objavio je u utorak kako je potvrdio optužnicu protiv bivšeg ministra vanjskih poslova BiH Svena Alkalaja, kojega se tereti za nesavjestan rad u u službi.

Alkalaj je optužen da je u svojstvu ministra vanjskih poslova protuzakonito odobrio isplatu novčane nagrade svojoj zamjenici Ani Trišić-Babić.

Naknadu joj je odobrio na temelju njezina angažiranja za rad u koordinacijskom timu za NATO pri Vijeću ministara BiH.

Nevedeno je kako je Alkalaj ovime svjesno prekršio odluku Vijeća ministara BiH po kojoj novčana naknada ne pripada voditelju i zamjeniku voditelja tijela vlasti u BiH.

Time je ujedno prouzročio štetu proračunu Bosne i Hercegovine u iznosu od oko 13,5 tisuća konvertibilnih maraka (6.900 eura).

Alkalaj je dužnost ministra vanjskih poslova BiH obnašao od 2007. do 2012. godine kao kadar kojega je postavio tadašnji član Predsjedništva BiH Haris Silajdžić.

Nakon isteka ministarskog mandata glavni tajnik Ujedinjenih naroda Ban Ki-Moon imenovao ga je izvršnim tajnikom Ekonomskog povjerenstva UN-a za Europu (UNECE), a tu dužnost i sada obnaša.



 

BiH do kraja godine predaje kandidaturu za članstvo u Europskoj uniji (Index, 12.8.2010.)

 https://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/bih-do-kraja-godine-predaje-kandidaturu-za-clanstvo-u-europskoj-uniji/506599.aspx

BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA do kraja će se godine kandidirati za članstvo u Europskoj uniji, rekao je ministar vanjskih poslova BiH Sven Alkalaj i dodao kako BiH u svojoj namjeri da se kandidira za članstvo ima veliku podršku EU-a.

"U rujnu ili najkasnije u listopadu ove godine očekuje se definiranje vanjske politike EU-a prema zapadnom Balkanu, što podrazumijeva i postavljanje posebnog predstavnika za ovu regiju. Usuglašavanja unutar EU-a i dalje traju, ali kad konačna odluka bude donesena, trebala bi se stvoriti mogućnost da naša zemlja preda aplikaciju", rekao je Alkalaj u telefonskom razgovoru za sarajevsko Oslobođenje.





EU maintains support for ICMP, helps Bosnia and Herzegovina find missing persons 18.10.2017.

 http://europa.ba/?p=52988&fbclid=IwAR3Gd34tbaHQye5VBDPEpOdYKLuxaWOyQSheowRapF7JNKYunnxZfm4HslQ


Blog author: "The #EU has granted 3 million euros to the International Commission on Missing Persons (#ICMP) under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) 2016, for a two-year project to continue helping the Bosnia and Herzegovina (#BiH) authorities to locate and identify the estimated 7,000 persons who are still missing from the 1992-95 conflict./ Evropska unija odobrila je tri miliona eura Međunarodnoj komisiji za nestale osobe (ICMP) u okviru Instrumenta za pretpristupnu pomoć (IPA) za 2016. godinu za dvogodišnji projekat kojim nastavlja pružati pomoć vlastima Bosne i Hercegovine (BiH) pri lociranju i identificiranju oko 7,000 osoba koje se još uvijek vode kao nestale u ratu od 1992 do 1995.
Under the EU-funded project, ICMP, a treaty-based International organization headquartered in the Hague, will continue to help the authorities in BIH address the interrelated issues of unidentified remains held in BiH mortuaries and misidentifications that occurred before ICMP introduced DNA testing in 2001. ICMP will also seek to ensure increased use of its Online Inquiry Center (OIC) by individuals and organizations in BiH available on: https://www.icmp.int/?resources=online-inquiry-center-how-to-report-a-missing-person-to-icmp / U okviru projekta koji finansira EU, ICMP, nezavisna međunarodna organizacija sa sjedištem u Hagu, nastaviće pomagati vlastima u BiH da rade na međusobno povezanim pitanjima neidentificiranih ostataka, koji se čuvaju u mrtvačnicama BiH i slučajeva pogrešne identifikacije, koji su se desili prije nego što je 2001. godine ICMP uveo DNK analizu. Također će se poduzeti nephodne aktivnosti kako bi pojedinci i organizacije u BiH više koristili njen Online centar za upite dostupan na https://www.icmp.int/?resources=online-inquiry-center-how-to-report-a-missing-person-to-icmp"


EU maintains support for ICMP, helps Bosnia and Herzegovina find missing persons

The European Union has granted three million euros to the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) 2016, for a two-year project to continue helping the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) authorities to locate and identify the estimated 7,000 persons who are still missing from the 1992-95 conflict.

Under the EU-funded project, ICMP, a treaty-based International organization headquartered in the Hague,  will continue to help the authorities in BIH address the interrelated issues of unidentified remains held in BiH mortuaries and misidentifications that occurred before ICMP introduced DNA testing in 2001. ICMP will maintain Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology activities and will continue to deliver DNA matching and identification. It will also seek to ensure increased use of its Online Inquiry Center (OIC) by individuals and organizations in BiH.

Previous EU funds have been a significant factor in enabling ICMP to help the authorities in BIH account for more 23,000 persons – more than 75 percent of all those who went missing during the conflict,” said the Head of ICMP’s Western Balkans program, Matthew Holliday . “However, at least 7,000 are still missing – and that’s why it is critical that continued financial support is made available so that ICMP can maintain its assistance to BiH to search for and identify the missing and fulfill the rights of the families of the missing, Holliday added”

The Head of the EU Delegation to BIH and EU Special Representative in BIH Ambassador Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, said that helping the authorities to fulfil their obligations to families of the missing is our common moral duty. It will also contribute to efforts to strengthen the rule of law, and support peace and stability in the country. “From an enlargement perspective, the ICMP project will help to address concerns that were raised in the European Commission’s 2016 BiH Country Report, which characterized the unresolved fate of missing persons as an issue of concern,” Ambassador Wigemark said.



Minister Osmić Visited Glamoč and Military Polygon “Barbara” (Sarajevo Times, MARCH 23, 2013)

 https://www.sarajevotimes.com/minister-osmic-visited-glamoc-and-military-polygon-barbara/?fbclid=IwAR2ED7Ybj1S5_nMJSb1CGcwY_Zb-OgW3F5Vg2MgUwUPEvT8tSTnQQy-hEMo

The BiH Minister of Defense Zekerijah Osmić and the Chief of the Joint Staff of the BIH Armed Forces (OSBiH) General Major Anto Jeleč visited Glamoč and the military polygon “Barbara” yesterday.

They were informed in the barracks about the project obligations for applying different models of resolutions for ammunition and mining-explosive surplus, and the accompanying effects on locations in the Armed Forces.

After the briefing in the polygon there was a demonstration on how to destroy ammunition in a special furnace.

Osmić visited the mayor of municipality Glamoč Radovan Marković with Generals Anto Jeleč and Mirko Tepšić.

During the meeting, an agreement was reached that the experts should confirm what are the effects of destroying ammunition and other explosives at the polygon “Barbara” on the environment, and after expert analysis appropriate eco-measures will be taken, announced the Office for Public Relations of the BiH Ministry of Defense.


Projekat za oporavak od poplava: Javni poziv za odabir korisnica i korisnika pomoći (UNDP, Mon Oct 09 00:00:00 UTC 2017)

 


#UNDP #Poplave #Bosna i Hercegovina #EU
Prema informacijama sa FB stranice EU Programa za oporavak od poplava koji je pokrenut 2014, a završio 29.02.2016., sa (vrlo diskutabilnim) rezultatima koji uključuju - povratak u domove, porast zaposlenosti, povratak djece u škole i obdaništa, i ponovno uspostavljanje zdravstvene i socijalne zaštite, čime je ostvaren pozitivan uticaj na živote više od 610.000 ljudi u BiH!
Ipak - čini se da se BiH još uvijek oporavlja od poplava iz maja 2014., jer je UNDP koji provodi ovaj program, početkom oktobra objavio javni poziv za odabir korisnica i korisnika iz socijalno ugroženih kategorija stanovništva, za izgradnju i sanaciju stambenih jedinica uništenih ili oštećenih u poplavama 2014. godine. Poziv koji je otvoren do 9. novembra, možete preuzeti na linku u prilogu.


https://www.ba.undp.org/content/bosnia_and_herzegovina/bs/home/presscenter/articles/2017/10/09/projekat-za-oporavak-od-poplava-javni-poziv-za-odabir-korisnica-i-korisnika-pomo-i.html?fbclid=IwAR0_vN4qtcNOnCCagbgdGWY35uPLY3M36tK1JbtHWOjd0NGD7D0vBsB1jEE


Projekat za oporavak od poplava objavio je Javni poziv za odabir korisnica i korisnika iz socijalno ugroženih kategorija stanovništva, za izgradnju i sanaciju stambenih jedinica uništenih ili oštećenih u poplavama 2014. godine. Na Javni poziv se mogu prijaviti fizička lica, odnosno nosioci domaćinstva za porodice, iz sljedećih opština i gradova u Bosni i Hercegovini (BiH): Cazin, Doboj Istok, Domaljevac-Šamac, Goražde, Gračanica, Kakanj, Kalesija, Maglaj, Odžak, Orašje, Sapna, Srebrenik, Tešanj, Travnik, Tuzla, Vareš, Vogošća, Zavidovići, Zenica, Žepče, Banja Luka, Bijeljina, Bratunac, Brod, Doboj, Donji Žabar, Gradiška, Jezero, Kostajnica, Laktaši, Lopare, Modriča, Novi Grad, Petrovo, Prijedor, Prnjavor, Šamac, Šekovići, Šipovo, Srbac, Teslić, Ugljevik, Vlasenica i Zvornik.

Javni poziv je otvoren od 9. oktobra 2017. do 9. novembra 2017. godine.

Projekat za oporavak od poplava finansira Evropska unija, u saradnji sa vladama entiteta, a implementira Razvojni program Ujedinjenih nacija (UNDP) u BiH, u partnerstvu sa Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB), Hilfswerk International Austria (HWA), Međunarodnom organizacijom za migracije (IOM) i partnerskim opštinama i gradovima. Projekat predstavlja nastavak aktivnosti sanacije šteta uzrokovanih elementarnim nepogodama koje su BiH pogodile 2014. godine. Projekat pomaže trajno stambeno zbrinjavanje i ekonomsko osnaživanje socijalno ugroženih kategorija stanovništva u poplavljenim područjima, kroz izgradnju i sanaciju individualnih stambenih objekata, pomoć maloj poljoprivredi, te kreiranje novih radnih mjesta u privatnom sektoru.

Opšti kriteriji za odabir korisnica i korisnika (detaljni kriteriji u formularu za prijavu):

  • Stambena jedinica je oštećena ili uništena usljed poplava ili klizišta 2014. godine i nije uslovna za stanovanje, a porodica, odnosno osoba je tu prebivala 2014. godine;
  • Osoba koja se prijavljuje na javni poziv, kao i članovi domaćinstva, ne posjeduju drugi stambeni objekat uslovan za stanovanje;
  • Oštećeni ili uništeni objekat je u vlasništvu osobe koja se prijavljuje na javni poziv ili člana domaćinstva;
  • Stambena jedinica nije bila predmetom sanacije kroz neki od ranijih projekata oporavka od poplava.

Dopunski kriteriji:

  • Domaćinstvo je u stanju socijalne potrebe.
  • Domaćinstvo je u nepovoljnoj socijalnoj/ekonomskoj situaciji.

Formulari za prijavu se mogu preuzeti na sljedećim lokacijama: prostorije opština i gradskih uprava; prostorije centara za socijalni rad; prostorije mjesnih zajednica; web stranicama opština i gradskih uprava i na ovoj web stranici UNDP-a u BiH. Prijave se mogu predati u prostorijama opština, odnosno gradskih uprava.

Konačne liste odabranih korisnica i korisnika će biti objavljene na oglasnim pločama opština i gradskih uprava, centara za socijalni rad, mjesnih zajednica, te na web stranicama opština i gradskih uprava i  na web stranici UNDP-a u BiH.

Statement by EU Ambassador Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, following the HJPC conclusions of 26 October 2017 on the dismissal of judges and prosecutors (27/10/2017)


Statement by EU Ambassador Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, following the HJPC conclusions of 26 October 2017 on the dismissal of judges and prosecutors

The European Union takes note of the conclusions adopted by the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) on 26 October 2017 in connection to the information submitted by the Centre for Investigating War and War Crime and Search for Missing Persons from Republika Srpska.

Certain of the conclusions adopted by the HJPC raise concerns and could directly affect the independence of judges and prosecutors as well as the respect of the fundamental rights.

Fair trial is prerequisite for public trust in the judicial system. The presumption of innocence is at the core of the fundamental rights protected by the European Union.

No public official, including judges and prosecutors, should be dismissed without a proper independent investigation and disciplinary procedures first being applied. The appropriate sanction should only be decided after such procedures have been conducted and the allegations against the officials found to be grounded in the law. Circumventing such procedures will limit the independence and impartiality of the judiciary and is not in line with EU standards.

As recently proposed by the EU experts, there is a need to improve the criteria for appointment and dismissal of officials, in line with EU standards.

And any such improvements need to take full account of the need to maintain the independence of judiciary as well as the respect of fundamental rights.


http://europa.ba/?p=53184


The blog author: The statement is the reaction to
 the conclusions adopted by the BaH High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council HJPC in relation to the Information filed by Republika Srpska Center for Investigation of War, War Crimes and Search for Missing Persons. The information included the names of 9 judges and 6 prosecutors reported on the grounds of discrimination of Serbs in the war crime proceedings, as well as the documentation about their war past making them biased or discreditable for performing independent judicial or prosecutorial function.

After discussing this Information a multi-ethnic HJPC as a body in charge of appointment of judges and prosecutors in BaH decided to undertake several urgent steps including the submission of the Information and documentation to the Office of Disciplinary Prosecutor and BaH Prosecutor's Office, requesting urgent proceedings. One of the most important conclusions is related to the initiation of the procedure of amendments of the Law on HJPC to introduce an exceptional, extraordinary measure for dismissal of a judge or prosecutor without a prior disciplinary procedure. The HJPC is to prepare the contents of this provision in line with the legal standards and requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights that will be submitted as a proposal to the relevant national institutions.