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Bosniak representatives alert UN Security Council to systemic rights violations in Republika Srpska
A prominent group of Bosniak political representatives from the Republika Srpska (RS) entity has issued a formal communication to the United Nations Security Council and the UN Secretary-General. The letter, signed by RS Vice President Camil Durakovic, state-level MP Edin Ramic, and several members of the RS National Assembly and Council of Peoples, was funneled through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the UN Permanent Mission in New York. The submission comes ahead of the semi-annual UN Security Council debate on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, scheduled for May 12, 2026.
The communication highlights ongoing and systemic breaches of the General Framework Agreement for Peace (Dayton Agreement), the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and international human rights obligations. Specifically, the signatories point to the non-recognition of the Bosnian language, discriminatory educational curricula, and a lack of adequate budgetary allocations for the Bosniak community. Furthermore, the document notes discriminatory hiring practices in public administration, the structural underrepresentation of Bosniaks in police forces, and the glorification of convicted war criminals alongside the denial of judicially established facts regarding the Srebrenica genocide.
Call for High Representative Intervention and Annex 7 Implementation
The representatives emphasize that thirty years after the Dayton Agreement, Bosniaks in the RS entity continue to face structural inequality in language, education, and public life. They argue that these issues represent a documented violation of peace agreement obligations rather than mere political statements. By addressing the Security Council, the group aims to engage the body responsible for maintaining international peace and monitoring the implementation of the peace agreement that ended the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The signatories are calling on the UN Security Council to urge High Representative Christian Schmidt to utilize his mandate under Annex 10 and the Bonn Powers. They seek measures to ensure genuine constitutional equality, the removal of discriminatory regulations in education and policing, and the introduction of affirmative action hiring and inclusive budgeting. According to the representatives, these actions are essential prerequisites for the realization of Annex 7, which guarantees the right of refugees and displaced persons to return to their homes, a provision they claim remains largely unfulfilled in Republika Srpska.
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