Functioning of democratic institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Recommendation 1894
(2010)
Author(s):
Parliamentary Assembly
Origin
Assembly
debate on 26 January 2010 (4th Sitting) (see Doc. 12112, report
of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments
by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee),
co-rapporteurs: Mr Çavuşoğlu and Mr Sasi). Text adopted
by the Assembly on 26 January 2010 (4th Sitting).
Thesaurus
1. The Parliamentary Assembly refers
to its Resolution 1701
(2010) on the functioning of democratic institutions
in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in which it calls upon the authorities
of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the key political stakeholders to
urgently agree on and implement, in close co-operation with the
European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission),
a constitutional reform in time to hold the forthcoming parliamentary
elections in 2010 according to new rules that are in line with the
requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.
5).
2. The Assembly recommends that the Committee of Ministers:
2.1 take Assembly Resolution 1701 (2010) into
account in its own periodic reporting procedure conducted by the
Group of Rapporteurs on Democracy (GR-DEM);
2.2 intensify co-operation programmes with Bosnia and Herzegovina
aimed at facilitating constitutional reform and harmonising domestic
legislation with the constitutional amendments to be adopted, in
particular in the field of electoral legislation, as well as completing
the implementation of the country’s remaining commitments and obligations;
2.3 consider launching a wide discussion, with the participation
of key domestic and international stakeholders, including the members
of the Peace Implementation Council and, in particular, European Union
institutions and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s neighbours, about the
challenges Bosnia and Herzegovina currently has to face on the road
to Euro-Atlantic integration and the means to overcome them.