Bosnia’s national minorities are marking a worrying anniversary: It has been 14 years since the European Court of Human Rights verdict in the Sejdic - Finci case. Speaking at a special conference in the Federation (FBiH) entity Parliament – they said it offered hope that there would soon be no "second-class citizens and that discrimination based on ethnicity would not be possible" in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Dzemina Zejnulahu, a member of the Council of National Minorities, delivered a special message for all authorities, as well as citizens, in front of the Albanian national minority.

“The Sejdic-Finci verdict is not just the Sejdic-Finci verdict. That is the verdict for each of the national minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I want to say to the authorities that we vote for: We don't want anything extravagant. We just want to be equal with other citizens, just as we are equal when it comes to paying contributions, bills, VAT and all the other taxes. See how our home countries treat you, the constituent citizens, as national minorities. Then you will see the disaster that is happening in BiH”, she said.

She also noted that the Council of National Minorities in BiH was established as a front. She also expressed dissatisfaction with the FBiH Parliament's attitude towards this advisory body – which no one has asked for advice in ten years.

The Sejdic-Finci v. BiH verdict was pronounced by the European Court on December 22, 2009, in Strasbourg, when it declared parts of the BiH Constitution to be discriminatory, as well as later in the “Pilav”, “Zornic”, “Slaka ” and “Pudaric” cases.

The process was conducted based on the lawsuit of Dervo Sejdic and Jakob Finci, who, as members of national minorities, were prevented from being elected to the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the House of Peoples of BiH.