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Implikacije pristupa

Hrvatske Evropskoj unijina Bosnu i Hercegovinu
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Sadraj

Miroslav ivanovi: Uvod ili stabilno nestabilna Bosna i Hercegovina! .............................................. 2

Mujo Hadi: "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Nauene lekcije Implikacije ulaska Republike

Hrvatske u EU Institucionalni mehanizmi zatite ljudskih prava"........................................................ 6

Tijana Cvjetianin: Having an EU neighbour: How does it affect human rights in Bosnia and

Herzegovina? ....................................................................................................................................... 19

Nedim Hogi: Zaokret ili jedno te isto - Politika Republike Hrvatske prema BiH ............................. 39

Anes Makul: Inicijativa za poseban kandidatski status BiH - Realnost bez reformi? ........................ 44

Igor Gavran: Analiza ekonomskih efekata pristupanja Republike Hrvatske EU na BiH u prvih godinu

dana ...................................................................................................................................................... 50

Erol Mujanovi: Ekonomske implikacije pristupa Hrvatske u EU na BiH......................................... 60


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Miroslav ivanovi: Uvod ili stabilno nestabilna Bosna i Hercegovina!

Hrvatska u Evropskoj Uniji, a Bosna i Hercegovina na novoj evropskoj granici, injenice su koje, spravom, stvaraju potrebu analize (ne)oekivanih uticaja na bosanskohercegovako drutvo, naroito uoblasti sloenog spektra njegovih unutranjih i vanjskih,politikih i ekonomskih, odnosa. ACIPS je

prepoznao ovu potrebu i stavio je u fokus novog broja Novih pogleda. Ovaj iznimno vaan poduhvat,

realizovan kroz niz istraivakih tekstova, upuuje na zakljuke koje bosanskohercegovaka javnostmoe nai prilino zabrinjavajuim, imajui u vidu trenutnu svesveobuhvatnu situaciju u Bosni iHercegovini, ali i djelimino ohrabrujuim, ukoliko se promilja politiko-ekonomski potencijalodnosa na relaciji Bosna i HercegovinaHrvatskaEvropska Unija.

Bosna i Hercegovina, kao drava ije su kljune funkcije dobrim dijelom paralizirane, zahvaljui trajnosuprotstavljenim etnonacionalnim politikim programima, partikularno postavljenim interesima

politikih elita, kao i sloenim ukupnim politikim odnosima, biljei prilino specifine reakcije nanovonastalu situaciju.

U svojim pojedinanim doprinosima, autori i autorice u ovom broju Novih pogleda, naroito

potcrtavaju zvanino proklamovanu namjeru Hrvatske da vodi dobrosusjedsku politiku promoviranjai zastupanja interesa zemalja regije, ukljuujui, naravno, i Bosnu i Hercegovinu, u njihovom procesu

pridruivanja Evropskoj Uniji. Prva znaajnija manifestacija ove hrvatske politike dola je u viduinicijative za utvrivanje posebnog pristupa EU prema Bosni i Hercegovini u procesu njenog

pridruivanja. Trenutne uvjete potrebno je uiniti dijelom pretpristupnih pregovora, nakon to se Bosnii Hercegovini odobri kandidatski status - sutina je hrvatskog prijedloga, koji je u formi non papera,ministrica vanjskih poslova Republike Hrvatske, Vesna Pusi, uputila prema vladama lanicamaVijea za vanjske poslove EU u aprilu 2014. godine. Prijedlog je utemeljen na uvjerenju da kandidatskistatus, omoguen svojevrsnim odgaanjem zadovoljavanja uvjeta koje je EU postavila pred Bosnu iHercegovinu, moe biti taj prijeko potrebni poticaj koji e ohrabriti politike elite u sklapanju

politikih kompromisa i odblokirati zaustavljene procese, ali, vjerovatno, i vre opredijeliti irokudomau javnost za ubrzavanje procesa europskih integracija, to podrazumijeva odgovarajui javni

pritisak, a zatim i posljedinu spremnost politikih donosioca/teljica odluka na stvarni dogovor.

Na prvi pogled, ovo je hvale vrijedna inicijativa Hrvatske vlade na meunarodnoj sceni koja najavljujenovi kvalitet u EU razumijevanju bosanskohercegovakog drutveno-politikog konteksta koji eimati pozitivne implikacije na proces i brzinu pridruivanja EU. Prema Makulu, Hrvatska pokazujevolju da u okviru svog vanjskopolitikog djelovanja djeluje u interesu boljih odnosa u regiji, najprijeu pruanju pomoi procesu daljnje integracije regije u Evropsku Uniju. I Hogi u svom prilogu

prepoznaje ambiciju Hrvatske usmjerenu na predvoenje regije i aktivan doprinos njenom daljnjem


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trgovine. Slino politiko-ekonomsko djelovanje obiljeilo je i ekonomske odnose sa Srbijom, morase primjetiti.

Konkretno, ulazak Hrvatske u EU, doveo je do smanjenja izvoza u Hrvatsku, ponajvie na tetuproizvoda animalnog porijekla i njihovih proizvoaa. Zbog neizbjenih promjena u graninoj politici,sada u sferi odnosa izmeu Evropske Unije i BiH, ugroen je i plasman proizvoda animalnog porijeklana ostatak meunarodnog trita. Ipak, Gavran istie i pozitivne promjene u vanjskotrgovinskom

reimu, te, u prilog svojoj tvrdnji, navodi i iskoritenu mogunost carinskog optereenja uvoza izRepublike Hrvatske, to je proizvelo smanjenje uvoza iz Hrvatske i njegovu zamjenu dokazanim

poveanim trinim ueem domaih proizvoda. Nadalje, mnogi proizvoai bili su prinueni napromjenu poslovne politike usmjerenu ka izvozu na nova trita. Bez ovog poticaja, poslovnepolitike se vjerovatno ne bi ni mjenjale, smatra autor. tavie,uklanjanjem postojeih barijera, kojimaHrvatska titi svoje ekonomske interese, izvozni kapacitet domaih proizvoaa e zabiljeiti dodatnirast. Drugim rijeima, u ekonomskoj dimenziji, ulazak Hrvatske u EU, nudi znaajne razvojne

perspektive za Bosnu i Hercegovinu ije ostvarivanje uglavnom ovisi o njenoj sopstvenoj volji ispremnosti da ponueno i iskoristi. U tom smislu, kao vrhunski prioritet se namee brza i kvalitetnarealizacija svih potrebnih mjera koje e omoguiti izvoz na trite svih domaih konkurentnih

proizvoda.

Niti politiki, niti ekonomski, Hrvatska, kao nova lanica EU, nije proizvela ni pribino okantneefekte koji su najavljivani uoi jula 2013. godine u Bosni i Hercegovini. Bosna i Hercegovina je i daljestabilna u nestabilnosti iji korijeni su duboko urasli u postojei, u Daytonu ureeni, ustavni poredak,koji politike blokade ini efikasnijim sredstvom (etno)politike mobilizacije u odnosu na eventualne

politike dogovore i kompromise. ini se da su i drutvo i drava osueni na ekanje nekog novogspleta okolnosti, na unutranjem ili vanjskom planu, koji e, najvjerovatnije, iznuditi reakcije

politikih elita i konano ostvariti sutinski napredak, vidljiv graanima i graankama.

U meuvremenu, ulazak Hrvatske u EU i trenutno,ne ba povoljno, raspoloenje evropske javnosti u

odnosu na nova proirenja, o emu svjedoi izborni rezultat evropskih partija krajnje desne orijentacijena nedavno odranim evropskim izborima, zapravo podie ljestvicu oekivanja koja se nalazi ispredBosne i Hercegovine. Ona se ogleda u jednoj irokoj oblasti koja obuhvata visoko postavljene i sloenestandarde u rasponu od promocije i potovanja ljudskih prava, stvarne vladavine prava do osiguranjakvaliteta proizvoda domaeg trita. Kao i do sada, Bosna i Hercegovina je vrsto ukopana naraskrsnici svoje sudbine. Ukoliko njenu politiku budunost nastave initi akteri zainteresovaniiskljuivo za ostvarivanje kratkoronih i partikularnih interesa elita, koji se nimalo ne ustezaju od

prekomjerne upotrebe ustavnih konica, ekanje e biti produeno, ponajvie na tetu, etnikipodijeljenih, graana i graanki Bosne i Hercegovine. Nasuprot tome, politika spremnost da se


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deklarativno izraena volja za pridruivanjem EU pretvori u konkretne aktivnosti i mjere, voeneoptim drutvenim interesima, konano e uvesti Bosnu i Hercegovinu u procese koji e namomoguiti svrhovito i razvojno orijentirano koritenje raspoloivih politiko-ekonomskih potencijala.Oktobar 2014. godine je prilika za pokret, pokuajmoje iskoristiti.


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Mujo Hadi: "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Nauene lekcije Implikacije ulaska RepublikeHrvatske u EU Institucionalni mehanizmi zatite ljudskih prava"

Problem istraivanja

Jedno od centralnih pitanja koje se namee prilikom sagledavanja implikacija ulaska Republike

Hrvatske u EU u kontekstu mehanizama zatite ljudskih prava jeste ono u kojoj mjeri se pravo

prilagoava okolnostima koje su proizvod globalizacijskih procesa? Potom, u kojoj mjeri je pravo

osjetljivo za osobenosti drutvenog, politikog,sigurnosnog, kulturnog i akademskog imperijalizma te

sa kojom dinamikom se moe razvijati i unaprijeivati kako bi se pomjerilo izvan restriktivnog

vidokruga ogranienog meama ture birokratske utogljenosti te se otvorilo ka strukovnoj evoluciji

sa kapacitetima prepoznavanja pertinentnih asimetrija opeg i pojedinanog prava ali i globalnog i

lokalnog?

Namjera ovog rada je istraiti i konzistentno utvrditi bitne znaajke koje mogu dovesti do zloupotrebe

prava kroz nametnute globalizacijske sigurnosne trendove koji u prvi plan stavljaju politike stavove

o prijetnjama integritetu nacionalne sigurnosti a ije odluke i akcije esto nemaju utemeljenja u

uspostavljenom meunarodnom pravnom sistemu.

Sagledavanjem niza konzistentnih, viegodinjih i koordiniranih aktivnosti relevantnih aktera ispred

Republike Hrvatske, iji su rezultati sadrani kroz Izvjee o ispunjavanju obveza iz Poglavlja 23.

Pravosue i temeljna prava i Izvjee o ispunjavanju obveza iz Poglavlja 24. Pravda, sloboda isigurnost, Ministarstva vanjskih i evropskih poslova Republike Hrvatske 1 da se prepoznati da je

1Ministarstvo vanjskih i europskih poslova Republike Hrvatske, Izvjee o ispunjavanju obveza iz Poglavlja 23. Pravosue i temeljna prava,10.04.2014.http://www.mvep.hr/custompages/static/hrv/files/pregovori/5/p23.pdf

i Izvjee o ispunjavanju obveza iz Poglavlja 24.Pravda, sloboda i sigurnost, 10.04.2014.http://www.mvep.hr/custompages/static/hrv/files/pregovori/5/p24.pdf


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Republika Hrvatska unaprijedila postojee i uspostavila adekvatne mehanizme, kompatibilne sa onim

starijih lanica kako bi e se konkretno odgovorilo na negativne uinke globalizacijskih sigurnosnih

trendova po institucionalne mehanizme zatite ljudskih prava sa fokusom na slobodu izraavanja kao

rezultat meunarodnih sigurnosnih prijetnji.

Iz sloenosti problema i predmeta istraivanja postavljene su sljedee radne hipoteze:

Uspostavljeni mehanizmi zatite ljudskih prava se esto zanemaruju zbog sve prisutnije pojave

meunarodnog terorizma i time povezanog pitanja nacionalne sigurnosti ime se esto ljudska prava

stavljaju van fokusa2.

i

Nova vrsta ratova poput etnikih, ideolokih, vjerskih ili onih koji koriste kombinaciju ranije

navedenih vrsta sukoba kao paravan za ostvarivanje kriminalnih interesa i pristup resursima,propraena izvjetavanjima modernih medija koji u nae dnevne boravke donose izvjetaje direktno

sa linije sukoba umanjila je nivo senzibiliteta prosjenog graanina prema optim moralnim

vrijednostima poput ouvanja ljudskih ivota te time smanjila uticaj elektoratana odluke politikih

elita.3

Brojni argumenti podupiru postavljenu temeljne hipoteze, a navode se samo oni najvaniji:

EU prilagodbom tj. pootravanjem svojih principa kondicionalnosti za potencijalne

lanice i kandidate prepoznaje potrebu za jaanjem mehanizama zatite ljudskih prava

(poglavlje 23 pod IX Zatita ljudskih prava) sa posebnim osvrtom na zatitu linih

podataka i privatnosti4

2The World of Parliaments, Issue No.6, May 2002, IPU3Annual Report 2002, Reporters without Borders4Ministarstvo vanjskih i europskih poslova Republike Hrvatske, Izvjee o ispunjavanju obveza iz Poglavlja 23. Pravosue i temeljna prava,10.04.2014.http://www.mvep.hr/custompages/static/hrv/files/pregovori/5/p23.pdf


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Strukturne promjene sigurnosnog sistema ograniava jedino elektronski prodor

transnacionalnog medijskog sistema ime se sloboda izraavanja rasprostranjuje van

nacionalnih granica i poprima dimenzije koje geografski definisani pravni sistemi ne

mogu pratiti.

Uestalost tzv. preventivnih humanitarnih intervencija postaje modus operandi za

smjele elite koje dre itave dravne sisteme pod vlastitom kontrolom bez osvrta na

osnovna ljudska prava.

Neupitna je injenica da postojei pravni sistemi i institucionalni mehanizmi za zatitu

ljudskih prava ne mogu razrijeiti kompleksne izazove izmeu potrebe za potivanjem

ljudskih prava i potrebe za veom sigurnosti kao odgovor ugroenih drava

prijetnjama teroristikih skupina.

Dok se kroz kondicionalnost Evropske unije Republika Hrvatska kao punopravna lanica nakon

procesa pristupanja fokusira na razvoj ostvarene meuagencijske saradnje na nivou Evropske unije,

Bosna i Hercegovina se suoava sa injenicom da je protiv elnog ovijeka Agencije za istrage i zatitu

Bosne i Hercegovine, direktora SIPA-e Tuilatvo BiH podiglo optunicu jer se prema navodima

Tuilatva BiH u toku februarskih protesta ogluio na zahtjeve za pomo u zatiti zgrade

Predsjednitva BiH, te odbio angaovati specijalnu jedinicu SIPA-e.5Kao pozitivan uinak zbog

ulaska Republike Hrvatske u Evropsku uniju moe se posmatrati demokratski pritisak i jaanje

parlamentarnog nadzora nad radom sigurnosnog sektora koji je proistekao u Republici Hrvatskoj

nakon lanstva a gdje se zbog blizine Evropske unije upravo temeljem novih medija ta iskustva prenose

i na graane Bosne i Hercegovine.

5Radio i televizija Bosne i Hercegovine, Naslovnica / Sud i tuilatvo / TUILATVO BIH PODIGLO OPTUNICUPROTIV DIREKTORA SIPA-E GORANA ZUPCA, 10.06.2014.

http://www.bhrt.ba/vijesti/sud-i-tuzilastvo/tuzilastvo-bih-podiglo-optuznicu-protiv-direktora-sipa-e-gorana-zupca/


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No i dalje, osobenosti sigurnosnih izazova u Bosni i Hercegovini kao to su politika nestabilnost,

stagnacija ekonomije, drutvene prijetnje (poput nacionalne netrepeljivosti, klerofaizma,

organizovanog kriminala, kulturolokih prepreka razumijevanju negativnih drutvenih trendova poput

korupcije i sl.), ugroavanje okolia temeljem prirodnih katastrofa ali i zbog sistemskog nemara i

zaputenosti onemoguavaju da pozitivna iskustva i dobre prakse steene tokom pristupanja Republike

Hrvatske Evropskoj uniji i sada nakon pristupanja budu po defaultu prenesena na Bosnu i Hercegovinu.

Upravo poput razliite kondicionalnosti koju Evropska unija primjenjuje prema potencijalnim

lanicama i kandidatima ponaosob tako i razliiti efekti mogu ali i ne moraju imati uticaja na zemlje

iz okruenja to je zasigurno i sluaj sa efektima pristupanja EU u kontekstu ljudskih prava u Republici

Hrvatskoj kao to je vidljivo u izazovima implementacije zagarantovanih prava za pripadnike

nacionalnih manjina u Republici Hrvatskoj.

Upravo sloboda izraavanja nacionalnih manjina kao ugroenih skupina ali i svih graana regulisana

su kroz razne meunarodne sporazume i dokumenta to ini dobar osnov za sudjelovanje svih graana

u demokratskim procesima u njihovim drutvima. Kako bi se shvatila sr ideje o slobodi izraavanja

mora se prvo razumjeti filozofija slobode izraavanja. Da li je sloboda izraavanja pravno regulisana

na nain da je ograniavana i da joj su stvoreni preduvjeti za njeno koritenje ili je to sredstvo za

ouvanje mentalnog zdravlja drutva i privid ouvanja demokratskih vrijednosti u zajednicama u

kojima u biti o svim znaajnim drutvenim odlukama odluuju ne graani nego elite? Mill nam u svom

djelu O slobodi nudi vlastiti odgovor:

Prvo: miljenje koje je predmet potiskivanja od stranevlasti je mogue istinito. Oni koji ele dapotiskuju takvo miljenje naravno opovrgavaju postojanje istine, ali oni ne odluuju o tome da li se

radi o istini ili ne. Oni nemaju ovlasti da daju odgovore ispred ljudskog roda niti da oduzmu pravo

bilo kojoj drugoj osobi da sudjeluju u prosudbi. Odbiti da se neko miljenje poslua samo zato to se


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smatra pogrenim je u biti isto pretpostavljati da je njihova sigurnost u biti absolutna sigurnost. Sve

utiavanje rasprave je pretpostavka nepogreivosti.6

Dalje, prema Hegelu: Pravo je bilo koje bitovanje (Dasein), koje poiva na slobodnoj volji.7Stoga,

kako bi se slobodna volja mogla izraavati, pravo na izraavanje ne bi smjelo biti potiskivano nego

upavo suprotno.

Postoji nekoliko meunarodnih sporazuma koji reguliraju i bave se pitanjem slobode izraavanja kao

ljudskog prava. Meutim najznaajnije je svakako Opta/Univerzalna deklaracija o ljudskim pravima

koju su jednoglasno usvojili Generalna skuptina UN-a dalekog 10.decembra 1948.godine. U

tadanjim vremenima, njezin pravni znaaj bio je bitniji od prvotne ideje, na Deklaraciju se naime

gledalo kao na izjavu o principima.8

Ukoliko elimo izdvojiti najbitnije odredbe Deklaracije poet emo sa lanom 19.koji proglaava

pravo na slobodu izraavanja:

Svatko ima pravo na slobodu miljenja i izraavanja; to pravo ukljuuje slobodu zadravanja

miljenja bez uplitanja i slobodu traenja, primanja i irenja informacija i ideja putem bilo kojeg medija

i bez obzira na granice.9

Pravo na mirno okupljanje i udruivanje proglaeno je u lanu 20:

1. Svi imaju pravo na mirno okupljanje i udruivanje.

2. Niko se ne smije prisiljavati na pripadnost nekom udruenju .10

6Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. Middlesex: Penguin, 1974.

7Knox T. M. trans. and notes. Hegel's Philosophy of Right. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1967

8International Center Against Censorship. The Article XIX Freedom of Expression Manual. London: ICP, 1993, Chap.2.1.pg

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9United Nations. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 217

A (III) of 10 December 1948. 08.09.2006http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

10see footnote No.36
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Ne mogu postojati slobode bez odgovornosti, to reguliu odredbe koje jasno definiraju restrikcije a

sadrane su u lanu 29. koji nalae:

1. Svatko ima obveze prema zajednici u kojoj je mogu slobodan i cjelovit razvoj njegove osobnosti.

2. U koritenju svojih prava i sloboda svatko moe biti podvrgnut samo onim ogranienjima koja su

utvrnena zakonom, iskljuivo radi osiguranja potrebnog priznanja i potovanja

prava i sloboda drugih te radi ispunjenja pravednih zahtjeva morala, javnog reda i opeg

blagostanja u demokratskom drutvu.

3. Ta se prava i slobode ni u kojem sluaju ne smiju koristiti protivno ciljevima i naelima

Ujedinjenih naroda..11

Uzmemo li u obzir das u principi UN-a bili blagonakloni slobodi izraavanja onda paragrafi sadraniu lanu 29. alju jasnu i jaku poruku kako narodima ali tako i njihovim vladama. Stoga i ne udi

injenica da je upravo Generalna skuptina UN-a na svojoj prvoj sjednici usvojila zakljuak Sloboda

informisanja je fundamentalno ljudsko pravo..te temelj za sva pravana kojima e insistirati UN.12

Pored Deklaracije, postoje i druga relevantna dokumenta koja reguliu pravne aspekte slobode

izraavanja na nacionalnom odnosno transnacionalnom nivou. Drugo po znaaju dakle jeste

dokumenat koji je sainen od strana Vijea evrope (izvorno na engleskom jeziku: Council of Europe,

skraenica CoE), Konvencija o zatiti ljudskih prava i temeljnih sloboda poznatija kao Evropska

konvencija o ljudskim pravima (izvorno na engleskom jeziku:Convention for the Protection of Human

Rights and Fundamental Freedoms / European Convention on Human Rights, skraenia ECHR) a

11see footnote No.3612 International Center Against Censorship. The Article XIX Freedom of Expression Manual. London: ICP, 1993, G.A.

Resolution 59 (1), 14 December 1946


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koja je usvojena 1950 godine da bi na snagu stupila tri godine kasnije. Od interesa za ovu problematiku

je svakako lan 10 gore pomenute konvencije:

" Kako ostvarivanje tih sloboda obuhvaa dunosti i odgovornosti, ono moe biti podvrgnuto

formalnostima, uvjetima, ogranienjima ili kaznama propisanim zakonom, koji su u demokratskom

drutvu nuni radi interesa dravne sigurnosti, teritorijalne cjelovitosti ili javnog reda i mira, radi

spreavanja nereda ili zloina, radi zatite zdravlja ili morala, radi zatite ugleda ili prava drugih,

radi spreavanja odavanja povjerljivih informacija ili radi ouvanja autoriteta i nepristranosti

sudbene vlasti..13

Iako postoje ogranienja sukladno gore pomenutom lanku, dravama nije preputeno da same daju

ocjene o kvaliteti ili popularnosti neke informacije te da je sukladno vlastitom nahoenju cenzuriraju.

Jedan od ne tako davnih sluajeva u nama susjednoj dravi Republici Hrvatskoj gdje je prilikom

rasrpave o javnom televizijskom emiteru u Saboru, tanije prilikom vrenja pritiska na direktora tog

emitera da osudi rad novinara Denisa Latina zbog navodne neprofesionalnosti odnosno zbog navodnog

uruavanja ugleda drave zbog priloga o ratnim zloinima, nepotizmu odnosno organizovanom

kriminalu u svom politikom magazinu, politika elita probala da javno vri cenzuru.14Denis Latin je

potom dobio zlatnu plaketu Internacionalne lige humanista za njegov profesionalan radi i istaivako

novinarstvo.15

13COE. Protocol No. 4 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Righ ts and Fundamental Freedoms. 09.09.2006

http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/en/Treaties/Html/046.htm

Heading added according to the provision of Protocol No.11 (ETS No.155)14 Partnership for Social Development. Attack on Freedom of Speech. 07.09.2006

http://www.psd.hr/textovi/mediji/attack%20on%20freedom.htm

15Medien Southeastern Europe. Press Release Wien 16 October 2002.Media Price Awarded to Croatian Journalist.

08.09.2006. www.br-online.de/br-intern/suedosteuropa/texte/SEEMO021016.htm
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Stoga, samo citiranjem odredbe protivno interesima nacionalne sigurnosti 16 politiari nisu u

mogunosti sprijeiti graane da uivaju svoje slobode na izraavanje. Ovo je vie puta potvreno u

praktinim sluajevima pa ak i u postkoministikim dravama poput Maarske i to presudom

Maarskog ustavnog suda:

Sloboda izraavanja miljenja i ideja, ukljuujui slobodu izraavanja nepopularnih i

nekonvencionalnih miljenja, je temeljni uvjet za postojanjem istinsku vitalnog drutva koje je

sposobno da se razvija i ispravlja svoje greke.17

Bitna je injenica da su ranije pomenuti meunarodni pravni dokumenti koji se bave regulisanjem

temeljnih ljudskih prava i sloboda obuhvatili slobodu izraavanja i to Univerzalna povelja o ljudskim

pravima UN-a na nain da se ta sloboda ne smije ometati dok je Evropska konvencija o ljudskim

pravima otila korak dalje te pominje da se pravo na miljenje te dobivanje neovisnih informacija i

ideja ne smije ometati od strane javnih vlasti.18

Stoga se namee zakljuak, pravni dokumenti koji reguliraju oblast slobode izraavanja a to i ine de

jure. ak i u funkcionalnim demokracijskim drutvima, graani su bili primorani da se izbore za svoja

prava i to na razliitim nivoima vlasti pa ak iznosivi svoje sluajeve pred dravnim i meunarodnim

sudovima.19

16

European Training and Research Center for Human Rights and Democracy Graz. Freedom of Expression and Freedomof the Media Manual. 06.09.2006

http://www.etcgraz.at/cms/uploads/media/15_FreedomofExpressionandFreedomoftheMedia.pdf

17 Constitutional Court, AB Hatarozat, No. 30/1992 (26 th of May) para.III.2.1. Article 19. Global Campaign for Free

Expression. Hungarian Court. 09.09.2006 http://www.article19.org/pdfs/publications/1993-handbook.pdf

18 Human and Constitutional Rights Documents. European Convention on Human Rights. 08.09.2006

http://www.hrcr.org/docs/Eur_Convention/euroconv3.html

19International Center Against Censorship. The Article XIX Press Law and Practice, A Comparative Study of Press Freedom

in European and Other Democracies. London: ICP, 1994
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Nakon odreenog vremena koje je bilo neophodno da se stvori sudska praksa, potivanje ranije

pomenutih fundamentalnih dokumenata o ljudskim pravima postajalo je mnogo prisutnije. Dakle,

pored postojanja slobodne volje kao preduvjeta za uivanjem ljudskog prava, slobode izraavanja,

pored de jure mehanizama neophodna je i graanska kuraa da se meu prvima zahtjeva odreeno

pravo.

Sloboda izraavanja i globalizacija

U doba globalizacije, mnoge zemlje u tranziciji (transformacija drutva iz totalitarnih reima u

demokratsko drutvo) usvajaju demokratske pravne standarde (meunarodne povelje, sporazume i

konvencije koje reguliraju ljudska prava, prava rada, individualne slobode) u svoje pravne sustave vrlo

brzo, bez uzimanja vremena za procjenu potrebnih priprema u smislu uspostave alata za provedbu

takvih "liberalnih" propisa, mehanizama za nadzor nad provedbenim tijelima i transparentnost

njihovog rada. 20

David Held gore pomenuto posmatra na isti nain:

Odreeni oblik vlasti koji je od interesa za teoriju globalizacije karakteriziran je hijerarhijom i

neravnopravnou. Hijerarhija podrazumijeva asimetrini pristup globalnim mreama i

infrastrukturi, dok se neravnopravnost odnosi na asimetrii pristup asimetrinih uinaka takvih mrea

na ivot ansi i dobrobit naroda, klasa, etnike skupine i spola.21

Budui da zemlje prihvaaju razne meunarodne ugovore kako bi imale pristup odreenimmeunarodnim tijelima, njima bi trebali biti ponuena / uvedena reformska mjera, koji bi ima pomogla

20 International Labour Conference, Report of Resolutions Committee, 86 th Session, 1998. 09.09.2006

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/gb/docs/gb271/gb-7.htm

21Held, David. et al. eds.Re-imagining Political Community. Stanford: Stanford University Press,1998
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u provedbi novih propisa, ukljuujui upostavu nadzora reformi njihovog pravnog sustava (kao to je

to sluaj s velikim brojem zemalja kandidata za EU).22

U reimskim sistemima poput onih u Aziji ili arapskim dravama, Africi i dravama June Amerike

jedan od sistema manipulacije masama (pored niskih obrazovnih standarda, ogranienih sloboda

kretanja i dr.) jeste upravo ogranieno pravo na slobodu izraavanja.23

Meutim, ovdje se ne radi o klasinom problemu Istoka ili Zapada budui da postoje zloupotrebe

ogranienja na svim stranama. Dok se jedni pravdaju da upotreba intereneta treba biti ograniena samo

na odreene stranice pod motom zatite morala drugi ograniavaju slobodu izraavanja pod motom

zatite nacionalne sigurnosti. Sjetimo se ne tako davnih protesta na Wall Streetu i kampanja koritenja

sile protiv prosvjednika ili sukoba okupljenih na Tahrir trgu u Kairu. Rezulatati i modus operandi bili

su slini sa istim uinkom, ograniena sloboda izraavanja misli, stava i ideje.

Naime, zloupotrebom ogranienja slobode izraavanja dobiva se mogunost prekida ili tanijereeno

odgaanja slobode misli te time ukida prostor da se mediji hrane odreenom priom. Vrlo esto,

dobiveno vrijeme se koristi kako bi Vlade mogle plasirati svoju verziju istine ili da pripreme teren da

se drugaije verzije odreenog deavanja percipiraju kao lucidne, zlonamjerne, ruilake odnosno da

im se ukine prostor za simpatije mase. Izvjetaj Vijea za zatitu novinara, obajvljen 13.decembra

2005.godine u New Yorku pominje:

Ve sedam godina uzastopno Kina je vodea zemlja kada se radi o bespravnom hapenju i zatvaranju

novinara sa trenutnih 32 novinara u pritvoru. Njih 15 ili polovica svih pritvorenih su novinari koji rade

na novim medijima, dakle novinari internet portala..24

Budui da sloboda izraavanja u vrijeme globalizacije podrazumijeva koritenje platforme modernih

komunikacijskih kanala dakle internet, kao revolucionarni nain da se informacije rapidno dobiju ali i

22International Crisis Group Early Warning System Report 2001 Sarajevo 2001. 08.09.2006http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=1242&l=1

24Human Rights Watch. Special Reports from Around the World China, Cube, Two African Nations -Top Jailors ofJournalists New York , 13 December 2005. 09.09.2006 http://hrw.org/reports/2005/mena1105/6.htm
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sa lakoom podijele, treba uloiti posebne napore da se ovi kanali dre slobodnim i pristupanim za

sve zainteresovane. 25

Sloboda izraavanja Stub demokracije

Demokracija kako je percipiramo, prema vrijednostima Evrope, znai prvobitno uivanje slobode

izraavanja kao jednog od preduvjeta za zdravo drutvo, uvara zajednikih vrijednosti te

individualnog prava graanina da utie na procese koji ga se tiu i kojioblikuju njegov nain ivota.

U aktuelnim politikim previranjima, demokracija je poprimila kosmopolitanski peat postajui tako

transnacionalna ideja i vrijednost koja ne priznaje granice i prepreke kao to je to bio sluaj kao na

primjer kod tada zatvorenog Nelsona Mandele ili pada zida u Berlinu.

Sa interesom zatite demokracije, pravo na slobodu izraavanja postaje vitalno pravo koje je u ulozi

psa uvara (izvorno na engleskom jeziku: watch-dog) 26 nad demokratskim okvirima odreene

drave. Budui dase mediji danas bave poslom podizanja i usmjeravanja interesa javnosti, u idelnom

svijetu, radi sudjelovanja u procesima kreiranja i donoenja odluka, ovo ne bi imalo smisla ukoliko

sloboda izraavanja ne postoji. Zato postaje jasno zato odreene reimske vlade, novinare dre

pritvorenima bez suenja, upravo ne zbog toga ta su uinili nego ta su u mogunosti uiniti.27Ne

tako divan sluaj drava iz regiona dokaz je da slobodni mediji igraju veoma znaajnu ulogu u

stvaranju kritine mase koja je krucijalna za svako drutvo koje tei funkcionalnom demokratskom

sistemu. Bez postojanja te kritine mase, vlasti bi mogle initi ta ele a da nikada ne pomisle da e

nekada morati podnijeti izvjetaj javnosti ili ak snositi odgovornost pred graanima za uinjeno.28

25Collin, Simon:E-Marketing; John Wiley; Chichester, 200026EU Network of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights. "Synthesis Report, Conclusions and Recommendations on

the Situation of Fundamental Rights in the European Union and its Member States in 2004, 15 thof April 2005. Reference

CFR-CDF.Conclusions.2005.en".109. European Commission Justice website. 27.08.2006

http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/cfr_cdf/doc/report_eu_2005_en.pdf

27Committee to Protect Journalist. In Prison. CPJ website. 06.08. 2006 http://www.cpj.org/cases04/cases04_TOC.html28 US Government. Principles of Democracy. A Free Press. 18.08. 2006http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/principles/
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Javne rasprave o raznim pitanjima u demokratskom drutvu vie i nemaju smisla osim ako se ne

odvijaju na lokalnom nivou. One, pored glasanja naravno, ostaju najbolji nain da graani iznesu svoje

miljenje o stvarima koje ih se tiu. U drutvima, gdje se javne rasprave ne odravaju, osim ukoliko

su izreirane od drave za dravu, ne moemo govoriti o postojanju demokracije. Ovi procesi se

prepliu jedni sa drugima i itekako utiu jedni na druge. Sloboda izraavanja danas, postaje pitanjem

digitalno pismenih, obrazovanih ljudi koji su svjesni znaaja pristupa informacijama i slobode

izraavanja te koji su po mogunosti aktivni u javnom ivotu u zajednicama iz kojih dolaze te koji

javno kritikuju loe ili odluke koje vlasti donose na nain koji nije transparentan. Poeljno je kada ti

ljudi to ine i prije nego to se takve odluke donesu.

Zakljuak

Budui da smo vremenski svjedoci tree generacije ljudskih prava, moe se sa pravom ocijeniti da je

sloboda izraavanja srazmjerno dobro definisana i zatiena meunarodnim sporazumima i

konvencijama. Dodatno, ukoliko se ta sloboda izraavanja i aktivno koristi time se demokratski

principi jaaju i razvijaju a u drutvu se dobiva osjeaj dranja volana u rukama odnosno nadziranja

straara nad dravom dravnevlasti, uz vjernog psa uvara - medije.29

Ni u najrazvijenijim demokratskim sistemima ne smijemo dozvoliti da se prestane sa

istraivanjem,ukazivanjem i konzistentnim utvrivanjem bitnih znaajki koje mogu dovesti do

zloupotrebe prava kroz nametnute globalizacijske sigurnosne trendove koji u prvi plan stavljaju

politike stavove o prijetnjama integritetu nacionalne sigurnosti a ije odluke i akcije esto nemajuutemeljenja u uspostavljenom meunarodnom pravnom sistemu.

29EU Network of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights. "Synthesis Report, Conclusions and Recommendations on

the Situation of Fundamental Rights in the European Union and its Member States in 2004, 15 thof April 2005. Reference

CFR-CDF.Conclusions.2005.en". European Commission Justice website. 27.08.2006

http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/cfr_cdf/doc/report_eu_2005_en.pdf
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Konzekvence globalizacijskih sigurnosnih trendova na institucionalne mehanizme zatite ljudskih

prava sa fokusom na slobodu izraavanja kao rezultat meunarodnih sigurnosnih prijetnji je oigledan

i svepristuan.

Sa druge strane, evidentno je da de jureregulisanje odreenih prava i sloboda graana ne doprinosi

demokratskom razvoju po inerciji.30

U drutvima sa ukorijenjenom korupcijom koja se bazira na skoroincestoidnim vezama pojedinaca u kriminalnim krugovima a koji se nalaze u razliitim sferama

drutva, zastraivanje svih koji su svjesni znaaja slobode izraavanja je na snazi. Upravo zbog toga

je neophodno uspostaviti operativne mehanizme koji e osigurati bezuvjetno sprovoenje temeljnih

ljudskih prava i sloboda poput funkcionalne zakonodavne vlasti, reformi u obrazovnom sistemu sa

posebnim osvrtom na demokraciju i ljudska prava u svim nivoima obrazovanja kao preduvjeta da

graani prekinu zaarani krug apatije te postanu svjesni svoje uloge u demokratskom drutvu te

otponu zahtjevati zagarantovana prava. Iskustvo, kako iz zemalja u tranziciji tako i u starim

demokratijama nas ui: Pravde ima samo onoliko, koliko se izborite za nju.

30 Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe. Media Task Force. Media Legislation. 05.09.2006

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Tijana Cvjetianin: Having an EU neighbour: How does it affect human rights in Bosnia andHerzegovina?

Bilateral relations and human rights issues

The first year of Croatia's EU membership has been a turbulent one for Bosnia and Herzegovina, with

a series of crisis dominating its public and political life. To mention just a few, in the very first days

of Croatia's accession, mass protests broke out in BiH over the issue of personal ID numbers (JMBG

protests), which were outstaged in February 2014 by an outburst of social unrests over the long-time

unresolved issues of criminal privatisation, pervading corruption, unemployment and bad governance.

The issue of constitutional reform to implement the European Court of Human Rights' 2009 decision

in the Sejdi and Finci case, has also been pervading the political scene. In the past year, the process

has been dominated by two thingsthe fact that the EU has openly consented to facilitate the meetings

and negotiations of political parties' leaders, not even trying to return the process into the Parliament,

where it belongs both legally and logically; and the somewhat less open consent of all involved that

the reforms aren't so much about providing equal political and civic rights to the others, as it is about

giving HDZ's leader Dragan ovi a mechanism to assure his party's participation in power-sharing

on the state and entity level an issue commonly known as the Croat question. The issue of

constitutive peoples' rights vs. rights of the others has also shaped the discourse and implementation

of the long awaited - and highly politicized population census in October 2013 and aggressive

nationalist campaigns around it.

The engagement and the reactions of Croatian officials to most of these topics and events went along

the same policy lines as those of Croatian MPs in the European Parliament, although the political line-

up of Croatia's EP delegation is dominated by HDZ, while in Croatia the rivalling SDP has been in

power since 2011. There was, however, little or no difference between them in the attitudes on Bosnia;

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democratic approach, but in terms of both of them aligning with the politics of the exclusively

nationally oriented HDZ BiH.

The Census on Population, Households and Dwellings in BiH 2013 has been a political issue from day

one,31and the tensions around the question on ethnic/national identity were heated for months through

a series of aggressive campaigns focused on ethnic/national declaration. In August 2013, HDZ andHDZ BiH started a joint campaign titled Its important, get enumerated!32The campaign consisted

of series of public debates, round tables, meetings and different forms of advertisement-materials33, all

with two dominant messages: all Croats with BiH citizenship have a patriotic duty to get enumerated

and to declare themselves as Croats and Catholics, with Croatian as their mother tongue. The

Presidency of Croatian National Council (HNS) was also conducting a census campaign (rather

indistinguishable from that of the two HDZs). All the campaigns messages revolved around the topic

of the position of Croats as the constitutive people fewest in numbers, simultaneously sending

contradictory messages that responding to the census is essential for their political (or even physical)

survival in BiH, while, at the same time, it was emphasized that any peoples right cannot be

questioned, regardless of their numbers, as it is written in the Constitution. 34 The Catholic Church

31Report on the Civic Monitoring of the Census in BiH 2013 , UG Zato ne, Sarajevo, March 2014, URL:http://zastone.ba/site/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Report-on-the-Civic-Monitoring-of-the-Census-in-BiH-2013-

%E2%80%93-Popismonitor.ba_.pdf,p 732Popis puanstva je najvanije pitanje za opstanak Hrvata u BiH, Veernji List, 21.8.2013, URL:http://www.vecernji.ba/popis-pucanstva-je-najvaznije-pitanje-za-opstanak-hrvata-u-bih-601282.See also:

http://www.vecernji.hr/hrvatska/brojke-iz-popisa-uoblicit-ce-buducnost-hrvata-u-bih-615745,http://www.vecernji.hr/sjeverozapadna-hrvatska/hdz-navodi-hrvate-rodjene-u-bih-na-popis-stanovnistva-61283733This campaign, unlike a similar one lead by Bosniak parties and organizations, was much more present offline thanon the internet; however, some traces of promotion materials can be found online, such as this leaflet published by the

two HDZs:http://tinyurl.com/mn3joad34Predsjednitvo HNS-a pozvalo Hrvate na popis u BiH, HRT, 23.09.2013, URL: radio.hrt.hr/clanak/predsjednistvo-hns-a-pozvalo-hrvate-na-popis-u-bih/25528/. A claim in complete contradiction to this, could be found in public

statements such as that of Petar kori, the president of HDZ in Split, stating that it is of vital importance for Croats totake part in the census, or they might lose their status as constitutive people and become anational minority: It is ofstrategic interest for the Republic of Croatia to preserve Croatian people as a constituent people in BiH. Bosnia and

Herzegovina is a homeland of Croatian people too, and in that sense we dont want the Croats to move out ofthe country.We want them to keep their constituency, to have an equal status as other two peoples. That is Croatias strategic
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played a big part in the campaign, as numerous calls for Croats/Catholics to participate in the census

were sent out both through the media and the church services.35Croatian Bishops' Conference issued

a call to all the believers in Republic of Croatia with origins from BiH to obtain the necessary personal

documents in time and participate in the Census.36Instructions were also given to all the clergy to use

the services to talk about the census, because it is a moral obligation of each Catholic to publicly

demonstrate his faith and always declare as Catholic. And it is an honourable obligation to guard and

cherish your national identity37. The CBCs invite also gives instructions to those living outside BiH

to register residence before the Census starts in order to get enumerated,although this is in clear breach

of the Law on Census.

The campaign did not, however, stop at religious institutions and political parties it went through

Republic of Croatia's official institutions, from the public broadcasting media, to the top of the

executive and legislative branch. Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) has covered the census in BiH

extensively, with numerous shows and field reports.38HRT has also made its own promo-clip, with

interest (Vanost popisa stanovnitva u BiH, HRT, 26.09.2013, URL:http://radio.hrt.hr/radio-split/clanak/vaznost-popis-stanovnistva-u-bih/25794/)

35Among them are those with clear instructions to local priests on how to preach about the census, like the Circularissued by vicar eljko Maji, using Bible references tomotivate Croats to head each to their city and get enumerated.The circular also emphasizes political motifs to get enumerated, including the moral obligation and the pressing need for

the Croats to remain constitutive and prevent them from becoming minority or get placed in the ranks of theothers, i.e. the undeclared, undecided, nameless, by which they would in a way, deny the invaluable value of Catholic

identity, soaked not just in the saviour blood of Christ, but in the blood of so many martyrs and brave defenders. Bydoing so, we would make our future generations strangers and drifters in the land of their fathers.(Okrunica upnicima o popisu stanovnitva, Katolika Tiskovna Agencija, Mostar 23.8.2013, URL:http://www.ktabkbih.net/info.asp?id=38924)36Poziv HBK vjernicima u RH podrijetlom iz BiH na popis stanovnitva, Katolika Tiskovna Agencija, 23.9.2013,URL:http://www.ktabkbih.net/info.asp?id=3932337Poruka kardinala Puljia u vezi s predstojeim popisom stanovnitva, Katolika Tiskovna Agencija, 28.8.2013,URL:http://www.ktabkbih.net/info.asp?id=38966.Vinko Pulji, the Archbishop of Vrhbosna, maintained an intensive

public presence on the topic in the months preceeding the census (see:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kWLkjDgOgg,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ICsEg9uATo,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0x5NAFxNB,etc.).38On the week of the Census launch, a radio show Poligraf hosted, among others, Tonino Picula, SDPs MP inEuropean Parliament. The census was described as the statistic of ethnic cleansing and the topics included issues such
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the message that by responding to the BiH Census, Bosnian Croats who live outside of BiH will

contribute to the realization of their peoples rights in the future.39By the end of September 2013,

HRT and the Governments Office for Croats outside of Republic of Croatia, have launched an official

campaign callingfor Croats with origins in BiH to take part in the population Census ,40with several

public figures, from both Croatia and BiH, taking part through short video-messages.41Among them

were the two high-level state officials: the President of the Republic of Croatia Ivo Josipovi, and Josip

Leko, the President of Croatian National Assembly.

Shortly after being briefed by a delegation from HDZ BiH,42Josipovi made a video-message, stating:

Dear citizens of Croatia with origins in Bosnia and Herzegovina: In our neighbouring state, your

other homeland, the Census of population will soon take place. Do get enumerated. That is very

important for realization of your individual and collective rights and protection of your interests. By

getting enumerated, you will not lose any of the rights you possess in the Republic of Croatia. Your

two homes and two homelands are the best bridge between our two friendly states .43Josip Leko, the

President of Croatian Assembly, was more explicit in connecting the census to the Croat question

and the issue of constitutional rights: Croats are a constitutive people in BiH. () By responding to

as How many Croats is left out of the pre-war 17%? How will the census results reflect on the status of the leastnumerous constitutive people? and What are the constitutional obligations of Republic of Croatia towards our fellowcountrymen in BiH?. (http://www.radioosijek.hrt.hr/aod/popis-stanovnistva-u-bih/37586/). The TV reports were nodifferent. The key issues were always revolving around the questions of constituency, pre and post war numbers and

relations of Croats to the other two constituent peoples, with remarks such as According to the Catholic church, thenumber of Croats is cut in half, so the smallest of the three constitutive people s fears that it might drop under 10%. (UBiH poeo popis, brojni upiti graana, HRT, 1.10.13. URL:http://vijesti.hrt.hr/u-bih-poceo-popis-brojni-upiti-graana).This percentage was frequently used in the campaign as the lowest limit for the Croats to keep their status asconstitutive people (see alsohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktTMaYy_rz0), although the BiH Constitution has no

such provisions whatsoever and the number itself is completely arbitrary.39I HRT u kampanji za popis stanovnitva u BiH, HRT, 25.9.2013, URL:http://vijesti.hrt.hr/i-hrt-u-kampanji-za-

popis-stanovnistva-u-bih40Ibid.41Ibid.42Predsjednik Ivo Josipovi poziva bh. Hrvate na popis, Veernji list, 21.9.2013, URL:www.vecernji.ba/predsjednik-ivo-josipovic-poziva-bh-hrvate-na-popis-61684743Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn9K4FC97Pc
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the Census, you will contribute to maintaining the constitutional equality of Croat people in Bosnia

and Herzegovina.44

Croatias Prime Minister, Zoran Milanovi, did not take part in the video-campaign. Instead, on the

fourth day of the census, he made a tour of the majority Croat-populated parts of BiH45, covered

extensively by both Croatian and BiH media, with a sole focus on establishing the connection betweenhis tour and the census. Although Milanovi hasnt explicitly linked the two (occasionally even

denying that such connection exists) 46 both Milanovis choice of officials he met and was

accompanied by, and the statements he gave, show that the timing and the route of this tour was hardly

a coincidence.47In some statements, he accentuated that he is visiting the places with significant Croat

populationand that he didnt take part in the TV campaign because you can always say something

wrong, which would offend someone in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but thats why I came here. I thinks

it is important to know how many people live in BiH, since BiH is, according to Dayton, structured the

way it is. It may not be the most fortunate way, but this is the state of, first and foremost, three ethnic

groups - or nations, if youll have it - Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs.48Going further into the topic of

Croats constitutiveness, he refrained from any explicit statements, but said he found it a little strange

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Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFGSsiE0nVs45Milanovi's route was thoroughly described in the media, including visits to Livno, Tomislavgrad, Rama, Kupres,Bugojno, Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje, Kraljeva Sutjeska and Bobovac.46Zoran Milanovi u KraljevojSutjesci: Moja posjeta nema veze sa Popisom stanovnitva, Kakanj-X, 5.10.2013,URL:http://www.kakanj-x.com/zoran-milanovic-u-kraljevoj-sutjesci-moja-posjeta-nema-veze-sa-popisom-stanovnistva/47Milanovi has, reportedly, met almost exclusively with members of HDZ BiH party, including its leader Dragan oviand Vjekoslav Bevanda, the President of the Council of Ministers BiH (Milanovi: 'Nemam ja ta pozivati Hrvate dase popiu, znaju i bez mene', Jutarnji list, 4.10.2013, URL:http://www.jutarnji.hr/milanovic--nemam-ja-sta-pozivati-hrvate-da-se-popisu--znaju-oni-to-i-bez-mene/1130643/). On the other hand, his entourage included the Minister of

Defence, as well as the president of State Office for Croats outside of Croatia, Darija Krstievi, whose office was in themiddle of a small-scale diplomatic scandal related to the census (discussed further in the article).48Milanovi u BiH: 'Popis je vaan, prava - neupitna!', HRT, 4.10.2013, URL:http://vijesti.hrt.hr/milanovic-u-bih-

popis-je-vazan-prava-neupitna
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for a court to ask you to change your constitution49- a stand that would develop into a far more severe

attitude in the following months.50

But Milanovi's tour de BiH wasnt the prime of his administration's activities related to BiH census.

More explicit official activity came from The State Office for Croats outside of Republic of Croatia,51

which joined the campaign with the public call entitled Croat men and women, get enumerated... An

invite to participate in the population Census in BiH, October 1th-15th 2013. 52The text described

participating in the census as a moral, civic, but also patriotic obligation!, with serious repercussions

for the future of Croats in BiH: By participating in the census you make a great contribution to the

equality and political positioning of Croatian people as one of constitutive peoples in BiH!

Considering that this is a very important event, whose results are sure to have an impact on the future

position of Croatian people in BiH, the State office for Croats outside of Republic of Croatia calls for

all the Croats whose origins are in BiH, who live in Republic of Croatia and diaspora worldwide, to

get enumerated. We also call all the Croats in BiH to participate in the census.53It is further elaborated

that one needs not be present during the census, if there is an adult person in the household who can

49Jutarnji list, 4.10.2013.50In a recent interview given to Nino Raspudi, Milanovi explicitly stated that EU should change the political criteriafor BiH and stop requesting the implementation of Sejdi and Finci verdict, since it is wrong for a court to ask a countryto change its constitution. In the same interview, he advocated for the Croat questionto be resolved through eitherformal or informal means, concluding that it was wrong for eljko Komi to run for office the second time, although he

himself was, mistakenly, a supporter of his campaign at the time. (Reflex - intervju sa Zoranom Milanoviem -Premijerom RH, OBN TV, 08.06.2014, URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGmjRUzyGxk)51The office was established in 2012 by Zoran Milanovis government, with Daria Krstievi, who served as Bosniaand Herzegovinas Ambassador to Spain and Austria in two terms, appointed as the Head of the Office. 52The article, published on the State Offices website on 10.9.2013, has since been edited (including the title) more thanonce, due to reactions of civil society organizations in both Croatia and BiH. The original title and text are no longer

available online, except on the websites which shared it in its original form (see:http://www.hkz-

salzburg.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=730:popis&catid=81&Itemid=193). The second versionis only available in the Web Archive

(https://web.archive.org/web/20130914022618/http://www.hrvatiizvanrh.hr/hr/novost/123/hrvatice-i-hrvati-popisite-se-

poziv-za-sudjelovanje-u-popisu-stanovnistva-u-bih-1-15-listopada-2013), while the third can still be found on the

original website.53Ibid.
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give an ID number, or a birth date for the person to be enumerated; adding that the enumerator is not

allowed to ask for any documents as a proof of the person's informationand all those who are absent

from their place of residency, can send the data to their families and they will be enumerated.

Considering the fact that this call was directed primarily to Croats living outside of BiH, these

instructions were basically in breach of the BiH Law on Census of Population, Households and

Dwellings' provision that persons who are absent from BiH for longer than one year are to be

enumerated through a special form, not by family members living in BiH.54The article also contained

instructions on how to answer the identity questions, namely those on nation/ethnicity, religion and

language:

It is of particular importance to declare yourself in the form P-1, clearly and individually, as:

- By nationality: Croat (question 24.)

- By religion: Catholic (question 25.)

- That your language is Croatian (question 26.)55

An immediate reaction came from Zagreb-based Center for Peace Studies, which demanded that

Krstievi removes the text from her office's website and apologize for the nationalist escapade

unpleasantly reminiscent of Republic of Croatia's policies of the 1990's.56A similar reaction followed

in a form of an open letter from a coalition of BiHs NGOs to the Croatian Prime Minister, requesting

him to apologise for meddling in BiHs internal affairs and officially distance himself and his

government from the disputed document.57Neither Krstievi nor Milanovi responded officially to

these accusations. However, the Office did edit the published text twice, erasing the most problematic

54The Law on Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2013, Article 40, Official

Gazette 10/12, URL:http://www.fzs.ba/Dem/Popis/Zakon_o_popisu-bh.pdf55See footnote 22.56Otvoreno pismo mr. sc. Dariji Krstievi, predstojnici Dravnog ureda za Hrvate izvan Republike Hrvatske,Centar za mirovne studije, 11.9.2013, URL:http://www.cms.hr/izjave-za-javnost/otvoreno-pismo-mr-sc-dariji-krsticevic-

predstojnici-drzavnog-ureda-za-hrvate-izvan-republike-hrvatske57Premijer Republike Hrvatske se mora ograditi od mijeanja u unutranje stvari Bosne i Hercegovine, KoalicijaJednakost, 12.9.2013, URL:http://zastone.ba/premijer-republike-hrvatske-se-mora-ograditi-od-mijesanja-u-unutrasnje-stvari-bosne-i-hercegovine/
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parts.58No remorse was shown on the part of the Prime Ministerthe only vague reference he made

to the incident, were the somewhat patronizing comments quoted above, on the risk of offending

someone in BiH by saying something wrong.

When, in the beginning of February, a series of violent protests started spreading from Tuzla to other

cities in BiH including Mostar, the most prominent reaction came from Zoran Milanovi. At the time,

HDZ BiH has already put all its efforts into portraying the protests as an attack on Croats and a

political attempt to shut down cantonal governments in order to impose the centralist constitutional

order, rather than an expression of genuine dissatisfaction and anger of the people. 59Milanovi stated

that he went to BiH to calm things down, but, asked why he visited Mostar and not Sarajevo, he

played straight into HDZs narrative, with the additional motive of the new EU approach as the only

way to preventpresumably ethnicconflict:First of all, no one invited me to Sarajevo. I went to

Mostar because that is a two-nation city, ethnically, where a horrible thing has happened and it was

on a verge of violence and deaths happening. Fortunately, it didnt happen. () The killings almost

occurred. In Mostar. That is all I can say. Thats as clear as daylight. But my message was one of

European perspective of BiH, now I can talk about it more openly and more directly than before. (...)

Do you want to keep making impossible requirements for BiH and make up one requirement after

58Poziv za sudjelovanje u Popisu stanovnitva u BiH, 1.-15. listopada 2013., Dravni ured za Hrvate izvan RepublikeHrvatske, September 2013, URL:http://www.hrvatiizvanrh.hr/hr/novost/123/hrvatice-i-hrvati-popisite-se-poziv-za-

sudjelovanje-u-popisu-stanovnistva-u-bih-1-15-listopada-2013.Even after the second edit, the attached PDF document,detailing the instructions on how to get enumerated properly remained the same, with passages such as this one:I have both Croatian and BiH citizenship. But, when I'm asked about my nationality, i saya Croat from CentralBosnia. I'm a believera Christian. How should I declare to the questions 24, 25. and 26? followed by an instructionidentical to the one which was later removed from the official website. (Najea pitanja: Popis stanovnitva,kuanstava i stanova u BiH 1.-15.listopada 2013., URL:http://www.hrvatiizvanrh.hr/pdf/hmiu561628177.pdf)59Uspjeh protesta u BiH: Ipak je i srpska i hrvatska i bonjaka, Istinomjer, 10. 02. 2014, URL:http://istinomjer.ba/uspjeh-protesta-u-bih-ipak-je-srpska-hrvatska-bosnjacka/(English translation available at:http://bhprotestfiles.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/the-success-of-the-protests-is-serb-croat-and-bosniak/). All parties were,

also, equally quick to visit or invite their political allies outside Bosnia, with Dodik visiting Belgrade, Bakir Izetbegovihosting the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, while HDZ did their own national crisis diplomacy by bringingMilanovi to Mostar. Other ruling parties went for the same narrative, with the roles of attackers and the nationattacked reversed.
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another as youve done so far, or do you want to give BiH a chance to enter into the dialogue with the

EU, to shut the mouths of all those who are trying to destroy BiH? Or do you want this frustration to

continue for the next 5 or 10 years?60The State Office for Croats outside of Croatia published a very

illustrative report on his visit, with conclusions such as: Asked why he came to Mostar and not

Sarajevo, Milanovi said that Mostar is the only bi-national environment, and that has its weight and

perils. () Milanovi also visited HDZ BiH headquarters, which was damaged in the unrests. HDZ

BiHs president Dragan ovi greeted him in the building and informed him that, during the unrests,

a crucifixion in the partys premises was also burnt down.61Another theory layed out by HDZ BiH is

that Mostaror, rather, its eastern part, where Croats are a majority did not rise to protest, but was

attacked from an outside (Bosniak) element. This was stated, among others, by HDZ BiHs Vjekoslav

Bevanda during Milanovis visit, when he stated that it was sheer luck that the protests didnt turn

into ethnic conflicts although no such intentions of the protestors were ever recorded; in fact, the

HDZ BiH and other political parties were the only ones who even mentioned it. I want to thank for

this friendly gesture and a visit of Croatian Prime Minister.Bevanda said, adding We are here to talk

about calming the situation down, about how its lucky that there was no reaction and no blood was

spilled.62

Milanovis line of implicit and watered-down consent with HDZs theories, paired with the EU as a

problem-solver narrative, was followed by Vesna Pusi, who also did acknowledge that there are

legitimate reasons for the protests, but added that there were different political manipulations, different

602u9 Romana Bolkovia, TV Jabuka, 13.2.2014, URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5r2dNYCHiw61Premijer Milanovi u Mostaru: Doao sam dati potporu smirivanju stanja, ali i europskoj perspektivi Bosne iHercegovine, 9.2.2014, URL: www.hrvatiizvanrh.hr/hr/novost/157/premijer-milanovic-u-mostaru-dosao-sam-dati-

potporu-smirivanju-stanja-ali-i-europskoj-perspektivi-bosne-i-hercegovine/62Milanovi u Mostaru o neredima: S BiH se uta i napucava ve 100 godina , Veernji list, 9.2.2014, URL:http://www.vecernji.hr/hrvatska/milanovic-dosao-sam-u-mostar-smiriti-strasti-920059
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political agendas which is all true (...) so there is a genuine dissatisfaction there and partly that is the

reason why even when it is the political manipulationit works. Because it falls on fertile ground.63

However, Croatian MPs in the European Parliament were far more explicit in backing up the anti-

Croat conspiracy theories about the protests. HDZs Davor Ivo Stier called them a very clear message

sending the idea of Bosnia and Herzegovina centralized, organized as a unitarian state, without havingthe differences accomplishing a federal model. When asked about the fact that the protests were not,

in fact, connected to the issue of federalism, or any other ethnically-based issue, but to the people

united by poverty, Stiers reply was nothing short of preposterous: What we saw (in Mostar) was

actually something very dangerous. We saw people coming from the Bosniak part, the eastern part of

the city where there is a Bosniak majority, coming to the western part. It was a very volatile situation.

And they were in Mostar, which as you know is the main city of Herzegovina, chanting This is

Bosnia! and We want only a Bosnian nation, we want to get rid of Croats, we want to get rid of

Serbs and Bosniaks as national communities, we want only one nation, one leader... This is very

dangerous when we go down that road. It was very important that there was no counter-reaction to

that. Because if that have happened, we would have really a very dangerous situation and even a

conflict along the national or, if you want, ethnic lines. That was avoided, thank God, thanks to the

maturity of the people down there.64Apart from being entirely false in regards to the nature of the

protests in Mostar, this statement was, ironically, given on the same day when the police in Mostar has

set the first of the many barricades which would follow in the next weeks, to stop the protestors from

moving between the east and the west side of the city. In the following days, along with the protestors,

the cordon was moving across the wartime line of separation between the Bosniak and Croat forces,

63Speach on Johns Hopkins University, 28.2.2014, URL:www.mvep.hr/en/the-ministry/minister/speeches/speach-on-

johns-hopkins-university_,7584.html64Davor Stier, interview at New Europe Studios, New Europe, 3.3.2014, URL:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28fi9ZCp0lA.
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once again physically dividing the city along the ethnic lines. The standoff between the police and the

protestors repeated for weeks, with occasional reporting of police brutality against protestors.65

The war-like police barricades and documented reports of police brutality in Mostar, were, however,

utterly ignored by both Croatian officials and international community, otherwise rather willing to

debate the political background, constitutional repercussions and EU perspective of the protests.

Croatia in the European Union institutions

Bosnia and Herzegovina has been a subject of rather industrious activity of Croatia's representatives

in the EU institutions, from the MPs in the European Parliament to Croatia's minister of Foreign Affairs

in the Council of the European Union.

The search of online records of Croatian MPs in the European Parliament show that the first recorded

activity related to the issue of human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, came in a form of a joint

question to the Commission by SDP's Tonino Picula and HDZ's Davor Ivo Stier. Picula and Stier have

quickly formed somewhat of a team in the EP, explaining, on more than one occasion, how they

overcame ideological and political differences when it comes to policies on Bosnia. Picula has been a

vocal supporter on Stier's prime topicthe federalisation of BiH as a means of resolving the Croat

question, vouching for the Swiss model and consistent cantonization, while severely criticizingBosniaks in a rather threatening manner: Those who cringe to Dayton, especially amongst Bosniaks,

have to realize that this way things will go to hell and they have to take initiative. In terms of what I

suggested, in order to show a particularly tender care about healthy principles of togetherness and

65See:http://tacno.net/novosti/simbol-gradanskih-protesta-musica-hindic-tvrdi-policija-me-tukla/;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bOmpX27SQY;http://tacno.net/novosti/brutalnost-policije-priveden-i-pretucen-

voda-mostarskih-prosvjeda-muharem-hindic-musica/
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