Comments on: Finci v. Bosnia at the European Court of Human Rights http://lawiscool.com/2009/06/10/finci-v-bosnia-at-the-european-court-of-human-rights/?nucrss=1 The law school blog and podcast from Canada Mon, 07 May 2012 13:10:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Miguel http://lawiscool.com/2009/06/10/finci-v-bosnia-at-the-european-court-of-human-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-6373 Miguel Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:48:34 +0000 http://lawiscool.com/?p=1640#comment-6373 I just found a very interesting report drafted by Venice Commission (European Commission for Democracy through Law), which probably you already know, but it is terrifying to read that not only citizens who don't want to declare themselves part of one of the "constituent peoples" (Bosniacs, Serbs, Croats) are excluded from Presidency elections, but all citizens belonging to any of the 23 minority groups, as well as Bosniacs or Croats living in RS and Serbs living in FBiH... Terribly sad. The worst thing is that both EU and USA supported this outrage by signing Dayton. It stopped the war, right, but didn't create peace. Document is here: http://www.coe.ba/web/dokumenti/venice2.pdf I just found a very interesting report drafted by Venice Commission (European Commission for Democracy through Law), which probably you already know, but it is terrifying to read that not only citizens who don’t want to declare themselves part of one of the “constituent peoples” (Bosniacs, Serbs, Croats) are excluded from Presidency elections, but all citizens belonging to any of the 23 minority groups, as well as Bosniacs or Croats living in RS and Serbs living in FBiH…

Terribly sad. The worst thing is that both EU and USA supported this outrage by signing Dayton. It stopped the war, right, but didn’t create peace.

Document is here: http://www.coe.ba/web/dokumenti/venice2.pdf

]]> By: Miguel http://lawiscool.com/2009/06/10/finci-v-bosnia-at-the-european-court-of-human-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-6372 Miguel Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:34:05 +0000 http://lawiscool.com/?p=1640#comment-6372 The consequences of this case are yet to be seen, but hopefully it will contribute to change the architecture of this etno-based stated. Both Finci and Sejdic are brave folks, other Bosnian citizens should follow their example and react somehow to change things around here. Very nice article, by the way. Regards, Miguel The consequences of this case are yet to be seen, but hopefully it will contribute to change the architecture of this etno-based stated. Both Finci and Sejdic are brave folks, other Bosnian citizens should follow their example and react somehow to change things around here.

Very nice article, by the way.

Regards,
Miguel

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