Bosnia and Herzegovina

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The Serbian Democratic Party (Serbian: Srpska Demokratska Stranka, SDS) is a Serbian nationalist political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is led by Dragan Čavić who also became the president of the Republika Srpska (RS) on 28 November 2002, in the October general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He succeded Mirko Šarović. General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, i. ... The High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the Office of the High Representative (OHR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was created in 1995 immediately after the Dayton Peace Agreement to oversee the civilian implementation of this agreement. ... Christian Schwarz-Schilling, born in 1930 in Insbruck, Austria, is a German politician who served from 1982 to 1992 as Germanys federal post and communications minister. ... The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Predsjedništvo Bosne i Hercegovine) is the head of state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... 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The Parliamentary Assembly (Parlementarna SkupÅ¡tina) has two chambers. ... The Parliamentary Assembly (Parlementarna SkupÅ¡tina) has two chambers. ... The House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Predstavnicki Dom, is the upper house of the National Assembly in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections. ... Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina ... Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Categories: Bosnia and Herzegovina | Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Lists of subnational entities | Bosnia and Herzegovina geography stubs ... This article is in need of attention. ... 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Čavić received 35.9 per cent of the vote against 22.1 per cent for the closest runner up Milan Jelić. Voter turnout was 53.9 per cent.

At the last legislative elections, 5 October 2002, the party won 14.0 % of the popular vote and 5 out of 42 seats in the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 26 out of 83 in the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Predstavnicki Dom, is the upper house of the National Assembly in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... National Assembly of Republika Srpska is the legislative body of the Republika Srpska (Serbian Cyrillic: Народна Скупштина Републике Српске, Serbian Latin: Narodna Skupština Republike Srpske or NSRS). ...

History

Some of the partys highest positioned members were :

• Radovan Karadžić (active 1989-1996) a fugitive accused for war crimes by the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; crimes against humanity, crimes against life and health, genocide, grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva conventions, murder, plunder, and violations of the laws or customs of war (see Geneva Conventions).
• Biljana Plavšić (active 1989-1997) pled guilty to one count of crimes against humanity at the ICTY for her part in persecuting Bosnian Muslims and Croats during the war in Bosnia.
• Momčilo Krajišnik with genocide, crimes against humanity, vilolations of laws of war, and grave breaches of the Geneva conventions.
• Nikola Koljević.

Radovan Karadžić Radovan Karadžić (Радован Караџић) (born June 19, 1945) is a former Bosnian Serb politician, poet and psychiatrist indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague. ... The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is a body of the United Nations (UN) established to prosecute war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. ... A crime against humanity is a term in international law that refers to acts of murderous persecution against a body of people, as being the criminal offence above all others. ... Genocide is defined by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) Article 2 as any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such: Killing members of the group; Causing... Development of the Geneva Conventions from 1864 to 1949 The Geneva Conventions consist of four treaties formulated in Geneva, Switzerland, that set the standards for international law for humanitarian concerns. ... Biljana Plavšić (born July 7, 1930 in Tuzla) is a Bosnian Serb politician, formerly President of Republika Srpska, currently incarcerated for crimes committed during the 1992_1995 war in Bosnia. ... A crime against humanity is a term in international law that refers to acts of murderous persecution against a body of people, as being the criminal offence above all others. ... The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, more commonly referred to as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), is a body of the United Nations (UN) established to... Bosniaks (natively: Bošnjaci) are South Slavs descended from those who converted to Islam during the Ottoman period (15th-19th century). ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... This is a history of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Momcilo Krajisnik (born 20 January 1945) is a Serbian politician. ... Genocide is defined by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) Article 2 as any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such: Killing members of the group; Causing... A crime against humanity is a term in international law that refers to acts of murderous persecution against a body of people, as being the criminal offence above all others. ... The two parts of the laws of war: Law concerning acceptable practices while engaged in war, like the Geneva Conventions, is called Jus in bello; while law concerning allowable justifications for armed force is called Jus ad bellum. ... Development of the Geneva Conventions from 1864 to 1949 The Geneva Conventions consist of four treaties formulated in Geneva, Switzerland, that set the standards for international law for humanitarian concerns. ...

Other parties

Note that there was also a Serb Democratic Party in Croatia between 1990 and 1995, led by Jovan Rašković and Milan Babić. See also: Republic of Serbian Krajina. Jovan RaÅ¡ković (in Serbian Cyrillic Јован Рашковић) (1929 - March 1992) was a Serbian psychiatrist and polician. ... Milan Babić in Hague courtroom Milan Babić (February 26, 1956 – March 5, 2006) was from 1991 to 1995 the leader of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, a largely Serb-populated region that broke away from Croatia. ... Coat of Arms of the Republic of Serbian Krajina The Republic of Serbian Krajina (Republika Srpska Krajina, Република Српска Крајина, RSK) was a self-proclaimed Serbian entity in Croatia during the 1990s; it was not recognized internationally. ...

Not to be confused with the Democratic Party or the Democratic Party of Serbia. The Democratic Party (Serbian: Демократска странка or Demokratska stranka) is a social democratic political party in Serbia. ... The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) (Демократска странка Србије / Demokratska stranka Srbije) is a center-right conservative political party in Serbia. ...