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Amnesty – 1998

It was reported that the establishment of Entity Mine Action Centers as bodies within the Entity governments resulted in the Mines, Ordnance and Other Warlike Materials Amnesty, which supported an amnesty specifically aimed to those who voluntarily gave up their weapons. In one report, the OHR High Representative urged the Bosnia and Herzegovina Authorities “to enact legislation so that such an amnesty can be implemented by the Entities in conjunction with SFOR and the UN IPTF.”¹

In his report, the OHR High Representative mentioned that the Republika Srpska avoided introducing politically sensitive legislation, such as amnesty legislation, to the National Assembly before election.²

1. “10th Report of the High Representative for Implementation of the Peace Agreement to the Secretary-General of the United Nations,” Office of the High Representative (OHR), 1998, accessed May 2, 2011, http://www.ohr.int/other-doc/hr-reports/default.asp?content_id=3673.
2. “11th Report of the High Representative for Implementation of the Peace Agreement to the Secretary-General of the United Nations,” Office of the High Representative (OHR), 1998, accessed May 2, 2011, http://www.ohr.int/other-doc/hr-reports/default.asp?content_id=3674.