Demonstration by de-certified police officers in December 2006 in Sarajevo. Photo: unknown
ESI report: On Mount Olympus. How the UN violated human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and why nothing has been done to correct it (10 February 2007)
"Gleichzeitig entwickelte sich bei den in der Regel auf wenige Jahre entsandten ausländischen Beratern und OHR-Bediensteten eine bemerkenswerte Selbstherrlichkeit. So kam es bei der von der UN-Mission in Bosnien geführten Polizeireform zu zahlreichen Menschenrechtsverletzungen, die jedoch von der UN-Zentrale in New York, darin zum Teil unterstützt vom früheren Hohen Repräsentanten Ashdown, systematisch unter den Teppich gekehrt wurden."
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 26 February 2007
"Unwirsch reagieren in der Regel internationale Organisationen, wenn sich jemand ungerecht von ihnen behandelt fühlt. Ein Beispiel hierfür ist die Korrespondenz zwischen dem früheren Hohen Repräsentanten in Sarajewo, Paddy Ashdown, und UN-Untergeneralsekretär Jean-Marie Guehénno in New York. Den Briefwechsel hat jetzt die Vereinigung Europäische Stabilitätsinitiative (ESI) veröffentlicht. […] Was die internationalen Götter mit Normalsterblichen in Bosnien anstellten, griff die Forscher- und Ratgebergruppe ESI nicht zuletzt im Blick auf die Zukunft des Kosovo auf."
Süddeutsche Zeitung, 17 February 2007
"Although many of the officers won cases at Bosnian courts and the mistakes made in the vetting process were acknowledged by the Council of Europe's Venice Commission, the U.N. refuses to offer any remedy and warned Bosnian authorities not to challenge U.N. decisions. […] "From the outset, credible safeguards must be put in place to protect the rights of Kosovo residents," according to the report published over the weekend by the European Stability Initiative, or ESI, on its Web site."
International Herald Tribune, 13 February 2007
"793 officers were denied certification and dismissed from their jobs. Many of the police officers said they had not been told sufficiently and clearly why they had failed the vetting process, or they had not been truly able to appeal. […] A report expected to be released this weekend by the European Stability Initiative, a research and policy group, takes aim at the United Nations secretariat, saying it failed to inform Security Council members about the extent of the problems with the vetting process."
New York Times , 11 February 2007
- TV1 (Bosnian TV channel), "Pravda sa Sanjinom Bećiragićem" ("Justice for Sanjin Beciragic") (30 March 2015)
- ESI statement, "Turning point on Mount Olympus" (16 May 2007)
- BIRN, Nidžara Ahmetašević, "Sacked Police Hope For Justice at Last in Bosnia" (9 May 2007)
- Weekly column by Christian Schwarz-Schilling, High Representative for BiH: "Turning the Page" (4 May 2007)
- Emry Jones Parry, President of the Security Council, Letter to Milos Prica, Representative of BiH to the UN (30 April 2007)
- Dnevni Avaz, Sead Numanović, "BiH opasno zaostaje u integracijama u EU" (2 March 2007)
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Michael Martens, "Streitaxt für den täglichen Notfall" (26 February 2007)
- DR (Danish Radio), Thomas Hjortsø, "Strid om EU-leder i Bosnien" (Interview with Gerald Knaus) (23 February 2007)
- Süddeutsche Zeitung, Bernhard Küppers, "UN ignorieren Gerichtsurteile" (17 February 2007)
- International Herald Tribune, "Report: Mistakes made in Bosnia should serve as lessons for Kosovo" (13 February 2007)
- Reuters, Maja Zuvela, "EU Kosovo mission must learn from Bosnia mistakes" (12 February 2007)
- Dnevni Avaz, Almasa Hadžić, "Greške bez odgovornosti" (11 February 2007)
- New York Times, Nicholas Wood, "Bosnia Defies U.N. Over Dismissals in Police" (11 February 2007)
- Dnevni Avaz, "Izvještaj ESI-ja o kršenju prava decertificiranih policajaca" (10 February 2007)
