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PRESS RELEASE No. 01/2002 (Sarajevo, February 5, 2002)

 

ROUND TABLE ENTITLED "IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 18.8, PAR.3
OF THE ELECTION LAW OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA"


Round table entitled "Implementation of Article 18.8, paragraph 3 of the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina" organized by the Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ECBiH) and the Association of Election Officials in Bosnia and Herzegovina (AEOBiH) was held on February 5, 2002 at the "Maršal" hotel in Bjelašnica. This was the first round table in a series that we plan to hold, which will address current issues from the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

At the round table held in Bjelašnica concrete steps for implementation of Article 18.8 regulating voting right of illegal occupants were discussed.

The round table also addressed the issue of using the database on executive decisions of municipalities, courts and the Commission for Real Property Claims of Refugees and Displaced Persons, the way of registration of persons who are subject to this Article (automatically for municipality from 1991 or in person re-registration), and category of persons subject to this rule.

Participants of the round table in Bjelasnica included the Advisor to the Minister for Human Rights of BiH, Minister of Refugees and Displaced Persons RS, Deputy Minister for Management and Local Government RS, Chief of Department for Refugees and Displaced Persons of Brcko District, judge of the Constitutional Court of BiH, Secretary to the Constitutional Court of RS, representatives of OHR, UNHCR, Ombudsmen of the Federation of BiH, representatives of the Election Commission of BiH and the Association of Election Officials in BiH.

For more detailed conclusions of the round table held on February 5, 2002 in Bjelasnica, please contact the Secretariat of the Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina, tel: 033/ 292 105.

 

IFES/AEOBiH Secretariat
Terezija 16, Sarajevo
Tel: 033/ 276 796, Fax: 033/ 276 791
E-mail: aleksandrab@aeobih.com.ba

   

 


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