Cultural Protections: General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Implementations
Cultural Protections – 1995
No developments on the establishment of the commission were reported.
Cultural Protections – 1996
The Commission to Preserve National Monuments was established and operated by UNESCO from 1996 to 2000. Under the tenure of UNESCO, the Commission created a “provisional list” of thousands of historical sites that came under government protection.1
- “Bosnia and Herzegovina Commission to Preserve National Monuments,” Commission to Preserve National Monuments, accessed April 19, 2013, http://kons.gov.ba/main.php?id_struct=108&lang=4.
Cultural Protections – 1997
No developments observed this year.
Cultural Protections – 1998
No developments observed this year.
Cultural Protections – 1999
No developments observed this year.
Cultural Protections – 2000
No developments observed this year.
Cultural Protections – 2001
In 2001, the Commission was transferred from UNESCO to the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Government. On 21 December 2001, legislation was signed by President Jozo KrižanoviÄ establishing the Commission to Preserve National Monuments. Five Members of the Commission were also appointed on 21 December 2001.1
What follows is the text of the 2001
legislation:
DECISION ON THE COMMISSION TO PRESERVE
NATIONAL MONUMENTS
Article 1.
This Decision sets out the basic principles and aims and regulates the
organizational issues required to perform the tasks of the Commission to
Preserve National Monuments (hereinafter: the Commission), sets out its primary
tasks and authority, stipulates the term for which members of the Commission
are appointed, and defines other issues of importance for the Commission.
Article 2.
The Commission is an institution of Bosnia and Herzegovina established by Annex
8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Article 3.
The Commission’s headquarters are in Sarajevo. The Commission may arrange to
carry out some of its functions elsewhere than at its headquarters.
Article 4.
The Commission shall receive and rule on applications to designate property as
a national monument because of its cultural, historic, religious or ethnic
importance, as provided for by Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for
Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Article 5.
The Presidency of BiH shall appoint five members of the Commission without open
competition. Members of the Commission shall be appointed for a term of five
years and may be reappointed. Persons who are highly qualified, corroborated by
scholarly work and other activities, including involvement in the preservation
and protection of the cultural, historical, religious and other material
civilizational heritage, shall be eligible for appointment as members of the
Commission. Members of the Commission, and their families, who are not citizens
of Bosnia and Herzegovina shall be accorded the privileges and immunities
stipulated by Article III para. 3 of Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement
for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Article 6.
The Commission shall have appropriate facilities and a professional competent
staff, generally representative of the ethnic groups comprising Bosnia and
Herzegovina, to assist it in carrying out its functions. The staff shall be
headed by an executive officer, who shall be appointed by the Commission.
Article 7.
The Commission shall promulgate rules and regulations governing appropriate
cooperation with the relevant organs of BiH and the entities.
Article 8.
The Commission shall be financed from the Budget of the institutions of BiH.
Additional methods of financing shall be provided for by separate internal acts
of the Commission which shall be approved by the Council of Ministers of BiH.
The material and financial affairs of the Commission shall be governed by a
Rulebook which shall be adopted by the Commission subject to the prior approval
of the Council of Ministers of BiH. Provisions governing the salaries and
expenses of the Commission and its staff shall form an integral part of the
said Rulebook.
Article 9.
The Commission’s internal organization shall be prescribed by a Rulebook on
internal organization adopted by the Commission subject to the prior approval
of the Presidency of BiH within 60 days of the date of entry into force of this
Decision. The Commission’s international cooperation shall be governed by a
separate act moved by the Commission and adopted by the Presidency of BiH.
Article 10.
The procedure for the adoption of the individual acts specified in Article V of
Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
with reference to Article 4 of this Decision, shall be prescribed by Rules of
Procedure to be adopted by the Commission.
Article 11.
This Decision enters into force on the date of its adoption and shall be
published in the Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina.2
- “Decision of BiH Presidency on Commission to Preserve National Monuments.”
- “PRESIDENCY OF BiH Jozo KrižanoviÄ MSc. Sarajevo, 21 December 2001,” (No.: 1-02-01-484/02 ).
Cultural Protections – 2002
Operated by the Government of BiH, the Commission worked to actively preserve thousands of historical sites in the country.1
Cultural Protections – 2003
No further developments observed.
Cultural Protections – 2004
No further developments observed.
Cultural Protections – 2005
No further developments observed.