Download or read book Courting Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina written by Lara J. Nettelfield and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-17 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study shows the impact of the ICTY on Bosnian society and its role in translating international law in domestic contexts.
Download or read book Courting Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina written by Lara J. Nettelfield and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) struggled to apprehend and try high-profile defendants like the Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević, and often received more criticism than praise. This volume argues that the underappreciated court has in fact made a substantial contribution to Bosnia and Herzegovina's transition to democracy. Based on more than three years of field research and several hundred interviews, this study brings together multiple research methods, including surveys, ethnography, and archival materials, to show the court's impact on five segments of Bosnian society, emphasizing the role of the social setting in translating international law in domestic contexts. Much of the early rhetoric about the transformative potential of international criminal law helped foster unrealistic expectations that institutions like the ICTY could not meet, but judged by more realistic standards, international law is seen to play a modest yet important role in postwar transitions. The findings of this study have implications for the study of international courts around the world and the role law plays in contributing to social change"--
Download or read book Courting Democracy written by Lara Nettelfield and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide to Participatory Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Serbia and Montenegro written by Patrick Greer and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most worrying phenomena of the current European scene is the growing disenchantment of many ordinary citizens with politics. Political problems are increasingly complex and technical in nature, and the democratic process is perceived as making little difference to their solution. The mass media contribute to this development by superficial reporting which encourages the public to regard politics as a kind of "spectator sport". The most effective remedy must be to involve citizens themselves in policy development and decision making on issues which they understand. Such issues are easiest to identify at local level and involvement can most readily be organised within the local community. This guide was designed as an awareness-raising and training tool for local politicians and staff, NGO activists and ordinary citizens, national associations of local authorities and training providers in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia-Montenegro.
Download or read book A Neglected Right written by Senada Zatagić and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-05-05 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The right to be elected, although an important political right guaranteed in human rights documents on international and regional levels, is still an under-researched and undertheorized concept with many synonyms in use. While the right to vote is often correlated with democracy, the closely related right to be elected is often neglected, and the constitutions of most countries are silent about it. The 2009 European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decision in the case of Sejdić and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina started the discussions concerning the discrimination in enjoyment of the right to be elected in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although the right to be elected is not explicitly guaranteed in the Dayton Constitution but only in the Law on Election, the ECtHR considered equal enjoyment of this right by everyone in Bosnia and Herzegovina of high importance and declared the relevant Dayton Constitution’s provisions discriminatory. The book explains the conceptual relevance of the right to be elected, its interrelatedness with the right to vote and both these rights’ significance for democratic systems. Through analyzing and explaining the regional human rights tribunal’s decisions concerning the right to be elected, the importance of this political right is elucidated.
Download or read book The Political System of Bosnia and Herzegovina written by Damir Banović and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-12 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an introduction to the basics of Bosnian political structure, institutions, and political processes. Twenty-five years after the Dayton Peace Agreement ended the Bosnian war, the political process still maintains various levels and divisions among political entities. A transitional, post-conflict, divided, multicultural, state-building society, Bosnia and Herzegovina represents a complex and unique political system through which a myriad of topics can be studied. Applying multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary methodologies, the book presents a descriptive analysis and critical evaluation of the various aspects of the political system of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The chapters address various aspects of the political system, such as institutions and state building, the legal system and the post-war constitution, as well as an examination of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s place in the international community and their relationship with European Union and NATO. Providing a holistic view of the development, politics, and policy of this unique state, this book will be ideal for students studying the contemporary history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as students and researchers of political science, international relations, and development.
Download or read book Internationalized State Building after Violent Conflict written by Marc Weller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published as a special issue of Ethnopolitics, this volume analyzes various dimensions of the internationalized state-building process in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1995. In December 1995, the Dayton Agreements ended the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina and established a fragile peace between the former conflict parties. The settlement seemed morally wrong and politically impracticable, but still necessary in order to end violence of a scale and intensity not seen in Europe since the end of the Second World War. The leading contributors conclude that internationalized state-building can only serve well in the stabilization of states emerging from conflict if it draws on a well-balanced approach of consociational techniques, moderated by integrative policies, tempered by a wider regional outlook and sustained by resourceful and skilled international involvement. The experience of Bosnia and Herzegovina may not have scored full marks in all of these categories, but important lessons can be gleaned for other similar contemporary and future challenges that the international community no doubt will have to face. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of international organizations, civil wars and ethnic conflicts, international law and peace studies.
Download or read book Peace without Politics Ten Years of State Building in Bosnia written by David Chandler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years on from the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement in November 1995, the legacy of the Bosnian war still shapes every aspect of the political, social and economic environment of the tiny state. This state of affairs is highlighted by the fact that Bosnia is still under international control, with the Office of the International High Representative regularly using its powers to dismiss elected presidents, prime-ministers and MPs and to impose legislation over the resistance of elected legislatures at national, regional and local level. What has changed in the ten years since Dayton? Is international regulation helping to establish a sustainable peace in Bosnia? What lessons can be learned for nation-building in Bosnia? This volume was previously published as a special issue of the leading journal International Peacekeeping.
Download or read book State Building and Democratization in Bosnia and Herzegovina written by Soeren Keil and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: State Building and Democratization in Bosnia and Herzegovina details the post-Dayton evolution of the country over the last two decades. Carefully evaluating the successes and failures the book explores the slow progress of the democratization process and how key elites initially took hold of the state and its institutions and have successfully retained their grip on power, despite heavy international presence and reform attempts to counter-balance this trend. Bosnia and Herzegovina offers a useful lens through which to view international state-building and democratization efforts. International engagement here incorporated significant civilian and military investment and has been ongoing for many years. In each chapter international scholars and field-based practitioners examine the link between post-war events and a structure that effectively embeds ethno-national politics and tensions into the fabric of the country. These contributors offer lessons to be learned, and practices to be avoided whilst considering whether, as state-building and democratization efforts have struggled in this relatively advanced European country, they can succeed in other fragile states.
Download or read book Democracy Assessment in Bosnia and Herzegovina written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dayton and Beyond written by Christophe Solioz and published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. This book was released on 2004 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, recognized international and Bosnian experts and analysts address the future of Bosnia in the area of constitutional reform, economic development, culture and education. A provocative introductory section asks whether the Dayton agreement has failed to create stable institutions of government able to deal with the challenges the country faces on its way to Euro-Atlantic integration. Among the key issues debated in this volume are the primacy of individual over group rights, a recent court decision that all three ethnic groups are constituent throughout the country, the role of culture and education in reinforcing division rather than integration, and the abysmal economic record which is in large part due to policy failures. The book provides a differentiated picture of a complex situation and will be useful to those interested in Bosniaís triple transition process from war to peace, a one-party state to a liberal democracy, and a planned to a market economy. It goes beyond a simple snapshot of a countryís situation to suggest that a strategy focused on local ownership is now needed a point of direct relevance to peace missions elsewhere.
Download or read book Post War Protection of Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina written by Michael O'Flaherty (Solicitor) and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 1998-09-23 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herzegovina and its annexes.
Download or read book The Political Development of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Post Dayton Period written by Mirko Pejanović and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Political System of Bosnia and Herzegovina written by Damir Banović and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an introduction to the basics of Bosnian political structure, institutions, and political processes. Twenty-five years after the Dayton Peace Agreement ended the Bosnian war, the political process still maintains various levels and divisions among political entities. A transitional, post-conflict, divided, multicultural, state-building society, Bosnia and Herzegovina represents a complex and unique political system through which a myriad of topics can be studied. Applying multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary methodologies, the book presents a descriptive analysis and critical evaluation of the various aspects of the political system of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The chapters address various aspects of the political system, such as institutions and state building, the legal system and the post-war constitution, as well as an examination of Bosnia and Herzegovina's place in the international community and their relationship with European Union and NATO. Providing a holistic view of the development, politics, and policy of this unique state, this book will be ideal for students studying the contemporary history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as students and researchers of political science, international relations, and development.
Download or read book The Bosnian People Charge Genocide written by Francis Anthony Boyle and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Francis A. Boyle is Professor of International Law at the University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign. On March 19, 1993, President Alija Izetbegovic of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina appointed him as Bosnia's General Agent before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Powers to institute, conduct, and defend against any and all litigation on behalf of Bosnia." "He then proceeded to win World Court Orders - on April 8, 1993, and September 13, 1993 - that supported Bosnia's case against the rump Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to cease and desist from violating the 1948 Genocide Convention." "Pursuant to Boyle's recommendation, on November 15, 1993, President Izetbegovic instructed him to institute legal proceedings at the ICJ against the United Kingdom for violating the 1948 Genocide Convention and the 1965 Racial Discrimination Convention in order to break the arms embargo against Bosnia, as well as to stop the racist carve up of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Contact Group Plan." "This volume documents the legal efforts by Professor Boyle to save the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina from the crime of genocide."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina written by Ian Robert Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Local Elections in Bosnia Herzegovina written by Michael Charles Pugh and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
