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| Report from the round table "The Upgrade of the Bosnian Constitution Would Enable Faster European Integration" which was held in Sarajevo, on March 27, 2009. |
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At the beginning of the round table, Mr Vehid Sehic as a moderator, and Mr Slavo Kukic and Mr Sahbaz Djihanovic as speakers, informed the participants of the round table about the attitudes and conclusions of the participants of the previous public discussions. They also presented the attitudes and opinions of the working group of this project (CAP working group) about the directions in which the constitutional reforms in BiH should be done.
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| Report from the public discussion "The Upgrade of the Bosnian Constitution Would Enable Faster European Integration" which was held in Banja Luka on February 14, 2009 |
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Mr Vehid Sehic, the President of the Forum of Tuzla Citizens was a moderator, while the speakers were Prof. Mile Dmicic from the Law School in Banja Luka; Mr Sahbaz Djihanovic, a lawyer and Prof. Slavo Kukic from the University of Mostar.
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| Report from the Round table "Practical Problems of Life in North and South Mitrovica" - Mitrovica, Kosovo, December 12, 2008, Palace Hotel - (Supported by IKV Pax Christi) |
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On December 12, 2008, the Forum of Tuzla Citizens, CBM and CCSD organized the round table titled "Practical Problems of Life in North and South Mitrovica".
The round table is part of the project activities of the Forum of Tuzla Citizens and it is the final activity planned for 2008 within the project "How to Reach Truth?" which is supported by the partner organization "IKV Pax Christi" from the Netherlands.
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| Follow-up activity - Public debate "How Do We Live Human Rights - Vukovar Today" - Vukovar, 5 December, 2008 |
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On 5 December, 2008, within the project "How to reach Truth?" supported by IKV Pax Christi, public debate "How Do we Live Human Rights - Vukovar Today" was held in the Lav Hotel in Vukovar.
The co-organisers in Vukovar were the Centre for Peace, Legal Advices and Psychosocial Support Vukovar and the Coalition for Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Osijek.
Around 20 people participated in the public debate, which is relatively poor turnout since having in mind the topic and the significance of the human rights. However, the turnout of the associations of the national minorities and citizens of non-Croatian ethnicity was very good and they had very good discussion with the speakers. The characteristics of the discussion, the structure of the participants, selected topics and poor turnout of the authorities point out that there are violations of human rights. In addition, it was noticed that there is fear among some citizens, national minorities, to emphasise publicly the problems they face with.
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| Report from the Public tribune "The upgrade of the Bosnian costitution would enable faster European integration" - Tuzla, November 22, 2008 |
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On 15 November, 2008, within regional project "How to Reach Truth?", the public tribune "How do we live human rights?! Equality before the law" was held in the City Hall of Velika Kladusa. The partner organisation in Velika Kladusa was the Centre for Democratisation and Tolerance. The regional project "How to Reach Truth?" is funded by the Dutch organisation IKV Pax Christi.
The basic aim of the public tribune was to analyse the situation of human rights that deal with social, economic and cultural rights (articles 17, 22, 23, 25 and 27 of the General Declaration on Human Rights) through the open discussion with the representatives of local authorities, national minorities, cultural associations, associations of former soldiers, women organisations, youth associations, civil society and citizens
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| Report from the Public tribune "How to live human rights?! Equality of citizens before law" - Velika Kladusa, 15 November, 2008 - (Supported by IKV Pax Christi) |
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On 15 November, 2008, within regional project "How to Reach Truth?", the public tribune "How do we live human rights?! Equality before the law" was held in the City Hall of Velika Kladusa. The partner organisation in Velika Kladusa was the Centre for Democratisation and Tolerance. The regional project "How to Reach Truth?" is funded by the Dutch organisation IKV Pax Christi.
The basic aim of the public tribune was to analyse the situation of human rights that deal with social, economic and cultural rights (articles 17, 22, 23, 25 and 27 of the General Declaration on Human Rights) through the open discussion with the representatives of local authorities, national minorities, cultural associations, associations of former soldiers, women organisations, youth associations, civil society and citizens
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| PUBLIC DEBATE "The Upgrade of the Bosnian Constitution Would Enable Faster European Integration" - Ero HOTEL, Mostar - 25 October, 2008 - (Supported by NED) |
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Public debate "The Upgrade of the Bosnian Constitution Would Enable Faster European Integration" was held in Mostar, in the Ero Hotel, on Saturday, 25 October, 2008.
The moderator of the debate Mr Vehid Sehic, in his welcome speech emphasised that the basic aim of the public discussions is to hear the opinion of the Bosnian citizens, who are the participants of the public discussions, about the constitutional changes. He also added that the public discussions will result in some kind of conclusions, which will be submitted to the state authorities, as the proposal for the constitutional changes, in order to inform them about the opinion of the citizens.
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| Round table: Is Prijedor the positive example of building of understanding and trust in Bosnia and Herzegovina? - Prijedor, September 5, 2008 |
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The round table "Is Prijedor the Positive Example of Building of Understanding and Trust in Bosnia and Herzegovina?" was held in Prijedor on September 5, 2008. The organisers were the Forum of Tuzla Citizens and Association of citizens "Don" from Prijedor.
About 30 participants from the domain of politics, media, religion, and non-governmental organisations participated in the round table. Even though the round table was held at the beginning of the election campaign, the politicians dedicated some time to the round table and shared their opinions on living together in Prijedor and difficulties they meet.
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| Round table held in Mostar, the Ero Hotel, May 16, 2008 Topic: "Understanding as a Means of Trust - Post-war Revival of Togetherness in Mostar" (Supported by: IKV PAX CHRISTI) |
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After the presentation held in Sarajevo, which promoted the initiative of FTC, the state-owned TV station BHT1 invited the president of FTC, Mr Vehid Sehic to be the guest in their regular TV show "Porota" (the Jury). The topic of the show was the position of the local communities in BiH and the initiative of FTC.
The show was broadcasted on Monday, March 31, 2008, at 21.00 hrs.
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| TV show "TV Parliament", TV of Tuzla Canton Tuzla, April 1, 2008, - (Supported by NED) |
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The presentation held in Sarajevo initiated TV TK to dedicate its regular show "TV Parliament" to the initiative of FTC, with the guests mentioned above.
The TV show was live on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 21.00 hrs.
Participants: a presenter, Mr Vehid Sehic, the president of FTC; Mr Jasmin Imamovic, Mayor of Tuzla Municipality; Mr Mehmed Mehinovic, Mayor of Doboj Istok Municipality and Mr Fuad Imamovic, Mayor of Kladanj Municipality.
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| TV show "Porota" (the Jury), BHT1, Sarajevo, March 31, 2008, - (Supported by NED) |
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After the presentation held in Sarajevo, which promoted the initiative of FTC, the state-owned TV station BHT1 invited the president of FTC, Mr Vehid Sehic to be the guest in their regular TV show "Porota" (the Jury). The topic of the show was the position of the local communities in BiH and the initiative of FTC.
The show was broadcasted on Monday, March 31, 2008, at 21.00 hrs.
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Public presentation of the bill on principles of the local self-government and amendments to BiH Constitution, press centre of Parliament BiH, Sarajevo - March 24, 2008,
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After the expert team made a final draft of the amendments to BiH Constitution and Law on the Principles of the Local Self-Government, which are the results of seven public discussions held in the municipalities all over BiH, the public presentation of the drafts of these legal documents was held in the Press Centre of BiH Parliament. The bill and the draft of the amendments to BiH Constitution were presented by the members of the expert team: Mr Sahbaz Djihanovic, Prof. Mirko Pejanovic, PhD, Mr Vehid Sehic and Mr Nikola Sekulovic, the president of the Assembly of Trebinje Municipality.
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| Round table, Tuzla, the Tuzla Hotel, February 8, 2008, - (Supported by NED) |
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Topic: "The Improvement of the Legal Regulations in the Field of Local Self-Government"
Participants: 39 participants
- Representatives of the local authorities from Tuzla, Gradacac, Zivinice, Banja Luka, Srebrenica, Velika Kladusa, Sarajevo, Novo Sarajevo, Zvornik, Ilidza, Vogosca, Lopare, Bihac, Mostar, Gacko and Trebinje
- Representatives of NGOs from Tuzla, Banja Luka and Trebinje
- Representatives of media from Tuzla, canton and state level
Materials: the bill on principles of the local self-government, made by the expert team, was sent to the participants by mail.
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Round table: "With understanding towards trust - Post war renewal of living together in Vukovar", Vukovar, December 7-8, 2007 - (Supported by:IKV PAX CHRISTI ) |
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With three-year project "How to Reach Truth?" that the Forum of Tuzla Citizens implements with the support of IKV Pax Christi from The Netherlands, on December 7-8, 2007, in Vukovar was held the round table "With Understanding towards Trust - Post-war Renewal of Living Together in Vukovar".
The basic aim of the round table was to perceive the issues of the post-war renewal of the living together in Vukovar from the perspective of the local politicians, representatives of the religious communities, media, civil society organisations, and citizens. Besides the participants from Vukovar, the invitation letters were sent to the guests from Zagreb, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.
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| Public tribune: "Improving of the Legislation in the Filed of the Local Self-government", Banja Luka, Hotel Bosna - November 20, 2007 - (Supported by NED) |
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On November 20, 2007, in Banja Luka was held the last public tribune "Improving of the Legislation in the Filed of the Local Self-government", with the support of the partner-organisation hCa Banja Luka.
Representatives of the legislative and executive authorities of RS, authorities of City of Banja Luka, Mrkonjic Grad, Prijedor, Srbac, Laktasi, as well non-governmental organisations, and political parties were invited to the public tribune. Media were also informed about the holding of the public tribune, however, due to the current political situation they did not respond to the invitation.
Speakers at the public tribune in Banja Luka were:
- Mr Vehid Sehic, lawyer, the President of FTC and
- Mr Sahbaz Djihanovic, lawyer, the member of the expert team
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Public tribune: "Improvement of the Legislation in the Field of the Local Self-government"
Tuzla, Hotel Tuzla, Congress Hall, October 10, 2007 - (supported by NED) |
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The fourth public tribune on improvement of legislation in the field of local self-government and initiative for passing of the Law on Local Self-government at the state level was held in Tuzla on October 10, 2007.
Twenty participants responded on the FTC's invitation. The good respond of the participants from the neighbouring municipalities from RS (Lopare, Sekovici, Zvornik, etc.) should be stressed.
The speakers were:
- Mr Sahbaz Djihanovic and
- Mr Vehid Sehic
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Public tribune: "Improvement of the Legislation in the Field of the Local Sef-Government",
Bihac, Municipal Council hall, September 21, 2007 - (Supported by NED) |
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According o the plan of the project activities, preparations for holding of the fifth public tribune in Bihac started in September.
The whole project, which is aimed to improve legislation in the field of the local self-government and to initiate passing of the Law on Local Self-Government at the state level, was completely supported by the Mayor of Bihac Municipality, Mr Hamdija Lipovaca and he offered himself, as the Mayor, to be the host of this public tribune. This shows that the initiative that we started through this project has great interest and importance for all local communities and their citizens in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The public tribune was held on September 21, 2007 at 11.00 am, in the hall of the Municipal Council Bihac.
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Round table: "How to reach the truth", Velika Kladusa, June 30 - July 1, 2007
(Supported by: IKV PAX CHRISTI) |
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On June 30 and July 1, 2007, in Velika Kladusa, Forum of Tuzla Citizens organised first round table within the project "How to Reach the Truth" with the support from IKV-Pax Christi. The basic aim of the project is to ensure stabile foundation for building of peaceful, non-conflict and prosperity future of the people of Velika Kladusa region through facing with the past, in this case through dialogue at the round table. Already in March 2007, FTC selected co-organiser and the host of the round table - Association "Centre for Democratisation and Tolerance" from Velika Kladusa, led by Mr Husein Murtic. In period April - June 2007, CDT prepared materials for the round table and introduction to the round table. In addition, CDT lobbied members of different options, victims of the recent war and representatives of the authorities to respond to the open discussion. In the preparation period, FTC representatives visited Velika Kladusa twice and together with CDT planned the round table. |
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Public tribune held in Trebinje on June 9, 2007
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The public tribune in Trebinje was held on June 9, 2007 in the hall of the Assembly of Trebinje municipality at 12.00 o'clock, with the assistance of the partner organisation the League for Protection of Private Property and Human Rights from Trebinje.
The speakers at this tribune were Mr Vehid Sehic, lawyer, the FTC President and Mr Sahbaz Djihanovic, lawyer.
Mr Djihanovic and Mr Sehic informed the participants of the tribune about the aims of the project that FTC wants to realise, existing legal regulative related to the local government and European Charter and its obliging regulation for each signatory-country.
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The third Public tribune held in Mostar on June 8, 2007
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The third public tribune "Improvement of the legislation in the local government" was held in hotel "Bristol" in Mostar, at 11.00 o'clock, with the organisational assistance of the partner organisation "Cupido" from Mostar.
Speaker at this tribune were Mr Vehid Sehic, Lawyer, FTC President and Prof. Mirko Pejanovic from Sarajevo University.
Mr Sehic as the FTC President, the organisation which implements the project, informed participants with the organisation's previous activities related to affirmation of the rights from the field of the local government. He also informed participants about basic aims and activities of the project that are currently in the process of realisation, as well about the results that want to be achieved.
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| Public tribune "Legislation Improvement in the Filed of the Local Government" - Livno, Forum Business Centre, May 25, 2007 (Supported by: NED, Mott Foundation) |
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The second public tribune was held in Livno, in the hall of the Forum Business Centre, with the support of partner organisation "Centre for Civic Cooperation Livno", which is also dealing with the issue of the local government in the past few years, both at the local and cantonal level.
According to our information, the process of development of the local government in this canton is bit slowly. Namely, pre-war ways of organisation of the citizens in the neighbourhood associations do not exist any more, and their renewal and development of the local government if yet to take hold, although the new Federal Law on the Principles of the Local Government is imposing it.
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| Public tribune "Improvement of the Legislative in the Field of the Local Government" - May 24, 2007, Sarajevo (Supported by NED) |
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The first public tribune within this project was held on May 24, 2007 in Sarajevo, at 11 o'clock, in the hall of the hotel "Hollywood".
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in BiH is the partner organisation is Sarajevo which is supporting this project and assisted FTC in the organisation of the public tribune.
The speakers at the public tribune were members of the expert team - Mr Vehid Sehic, lawyer, the President of FTC and Mr Sahbaz Djihanovic, lawyer, former deputy president of F BiH.
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| FTC held the PRESS conference in Sarajevo - April 23, 2007 |
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On Monday, April 23, 2007, at 11 o'clock, Forum of Tuzla held the press conference in the Oval Hall of the Assembly of the City of Sarajevo.
The President of FTC, Mr Vehid Sehic, informed the journalists about the aims and the purpose of the project, which will be implemented at the whole territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the future period.
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Conference
"Inter-religious Understanding"
8 - 9, December 2006. Trebinje |
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The basic motive behind
the idea of holding of
the conference in Trebinje
is the term very well
known in West, but, unfortunately,
insufficiently known and
used in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 'inter-religious understanding'.
As one of the significant
participants (fra Ivo
Markovic) of the event
had said '...we in BiH,
in ecumenism, have learned
and got used to the word
dialogue, and the term
of inter-religious understanding
is the next step in the
dialogue directed toward
coexistence'.
That kind of inter-religious
understanding was the
topic of two-day dialogue
among the members of several
religions who have responded
to the invitation and
participated in very constructive
conversation.
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| International
round table "How to reach the truth"
24.11.2006 - Tuzla |
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The idea of organising
of the international round
table "How to Reach
the Truth?" came
as the result of the IKV/Pax
Christi meeting with partner
organisations from Western
Balkans, which was held
in Mavrovo (FYR Macedonia).
The
international round table
is aimed to reaffirm need
for establishment of truth,
prevent politicisation
of material evidences
about the crimes committed
in the wars at the territory
of former Yugoslavia,
as well to determine the
role of non-governmental
organisations and media
in the process of finding
the answer to the question
"how to reach the
truth?".
Forum
of Tuzla Citizens, together
with IKV, selected the
particular groups of people
that should be invited
to the round table. We
agreed that participants
should come mostly from
the non-governmental organisations
from BiH, Serbia, Montenegro,
Croatia and Macedonia
in order to have regional
approach to the subject.
It was also decided to
invite professors from
different faculties (like
Philosophy Faculty, Faculty
of Political Sciences,
etc.), as well representatives
of different organisations
that are dealing with
missing persons and truth
and reconciliation and
representatives of media
in order to have multidisciplinary
approach to the subject.
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