The Revised Strategy provided an analysis of the situation and gave specific recommendations in
ten target areas:
1.
Reconstruction of housing units of refugees, displaced persons and returnees, closing down
collective centres and resolving the issue of alternative accommodation of displaced persons
and returnees and social housing with particular reference to problems of displaced persons
and refugees and housing of vulnerable categories of returnees;
2. The process of restitution of property and tenancy rights of refugees, displaced persons and
returnees;
3. Electrification of returnees' settlements and housing units of returnees;
4. Reconstruction of infrastructure in places of interest for the return of refugees, displaced
persons and returnees;
5. Health care of displaced persons and returnees;
6. Social protection of displaced persons and returnees;
7. Exercising the right to education of displaced persons and returnees;
8. The right to work and employment of displaced persons and returnees;
9. Safety of displaced persons and returnees and de-mining areas of return;
10. The right to compensation for displaced persons, refugees and returnees
In late 2015, the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of BiH prepared the Report on the
Implementation of the Revised Strategy for the Implementation of Annex VII of the Dayton
Peace Agreement, which the Parliamentary Assembly adopted on 27 April 2016, with certain
conclusions.
3. In case that certain recommendations have not been implemented, please elaborate on
the reasons thereof.
Recommendation 87 relating to enforcement and implementation of decisions of the European
Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg (Sejdic-Finci, Zornic, Pilav, Slaku et al.) has not yet been
implemented to enable members of national minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina an equal status
to that of other three constituent peoples when it comes to participation in public and political
life.
In accordance with the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in this case, it is
necessary to prepare amendments to the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Bill on
Amendments to the Election Law.
We believe that the enforcement of these decision would adequately tackle discriminatory
provisions for national minorities and members of ‘Others’, and introduce into legal
arrangements adequate new terminology to be used for persons belonging to national minorities.
Implementation of these decisions of the European Court require a political agreement in Bosnia
and Herzegovina.
4. As for recommendations that have not yet been implemented, please provide information
on any future steps envisaged for their implementation, including deadlines.
It is expected that Recommendation 87 would be resolved soon considering that the Council of
Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina is working to solve this problem and it has adopted the
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