Professional paper
PREREQUISITES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EQUALITY OF CROATIAN PEOPLE FOR THE EUROPEAN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Vlado Majstorović
; University of Mostar
Abstract
Although the peace process in B&H has made visible progress in the past two
decades, B&H is still far from the real solution to its political problems, among which the
(non)equality of the Croatian people is emphasized in relation to the other two constituent
peoples. That is one of the cause of instability and the limitations of its faster progress on
the European path. Therefore, some important assumptions for achieving the equality of
the Croatian people for European B&H have been considering. The first part of the paper is
devoted to assessments and reviews of relevant institutions and individuals on the (non)
equality of the Croatian people in “Dayton B&H”. In the second part of the paper, some
important assumptions for the achievement of the equality of the Croatian people have
been made and finally the attainment of the equality of all its constituent peoples and
citizens. They include: reaching the consensus of legitimately elected representatives of
all three constituent peoples on the need for constitutional changes and the adoption of
constitutional arrangements for B&H based on the principle of equal rights for all three peoples;
then initiating constitutional changes and implementing other reforms; fulfilling the
basic conditions related to functioning of democracy, respect of human rights, fundamental
human freedoms and the rule of law; and ensuring the support of the most important
international actors in initiating the constitutional changes process and adopting a new
solution to the constitutional order of B&H, in which all three peoples would have the same
position. Finally, it is concluded that securing the aforementioned assumptions can lead to
the equality of the Croatian people with the other two constituent peoples, and thus to the
state in which for B&H a long-term perspective of a more capable developmental future
and the achievement of European B&H will open.
Keywords
equality; prerequisites; European B&H.
Hrčak ID:
234793
URI
Publication date:
4.6.2018.
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