The Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, Ministarstvo za ljudska prava i izbjeglice Bosne i Hercegovine / Министарство за људска права и избеглице Босне и Херцеговине) is the

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which oversees the

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of the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina and

refugee A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution.

History

Following the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992, the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees began to operate at the level of the newly established

Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Република Босна и Херцеговина) was a state in Southeastern Europe, existing from 1992 to 1995. It is the direct lega ...

. After the end of the

Bosnian War The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...

, and the signing of the

Dayton Agreement The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement or the Dayton Accords ( Croatian: ''Daytonski sporazum'', Serbian and Bosnian: ''Dejtonski mirovni sporazum'' / Дејтонски мир� ...

, the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of the

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Republika Srpska. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists ...

and the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of the

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Feder ...

started functioning like the present-day national Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees. In 2000, the both entity Ministries of Human Rights and Refugees merged into the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with

Martin Raguž Martin Raguž (born 2 March 1958) is a Bosnian Croat politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2000 to 2001. He was a member of both the national House of Representatives and House of Peoples. ...

becoming the first minister.

Responsibilities

The main person in the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the Minister of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who is entitled to one assistant and one secretary. The Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees has the authority to administer and oversee the following: *care for refugees, displaced persons, readmission and housing policy, *insuring

, *emigration, *reconstruction, development, monitoring and regional centers (RC).

List of ministers

Ministers of Human Rights and Refugees (2000–present)

Political parties:

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry Of Human Rights and Refugees Of Bosnia And Herzegovina Human Rights and Refugees

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