Experiences and Challenges in BiH
| Time Friday, April 16, 2010, 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Venue Faculty of Law, University of Vienna Schottenbastei 10-16 1010 Wien Information vedran.dzihic@univie.ac.at |
Statements and discussion in English.
Organized by the Faculty of Law of the University of Vienna and the Faculty of Political Sciences in Sarajevo
Co-sponsored by the Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs
Together with partners:
- Center for European Integration Strategies (CEIS)
- Österreich-Kooperation in Wissenschaft und Kultur
- Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM)
- Renner Institute
- Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Austria
Implications of the Judgement of the ECHR in the Case of Sejdic and Finci vs. BiH and Future Perspectives for Constitutional Reform in BiH
Panelists
DINO ABAZOVIC
Faculty of Political Sciences, Sarajevo
DJORDJE CEKRLIJA
University of Banja Luka
VEDRAN DZIHIC
Faculty of Political Sciences, Vienna
STEFAN HAMMER
Faculty of Law, University of Vienna
OMER IBRAHIMAGIC
Prof. emeritus University of Sarajevo
NIKO IKIC
Catholic Theological Faculty, Sarajevo
SLAVO KUKIC
University of Mostar
SENADIN LAVIC
Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo
President of the Bosniak Cultural Society Preporod
GORAN MARKOVIC
Faculty of Law of East Sarajevo, Pale,
deputy president of the Serbian Cultural Society PROSVJETA
MIRKO PEJANOVIC
Dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Sarajevo
CAZIM SADIKOVIC
BiH member of the Venice Commission
JENS WOELK
University of Trento
Official Programme
9:00–9:30
Opening
9:30–10:00
Press Conference
DINO ABAZOVIC
Faculty of Political Sciences, Sarajevo
STEFAN HAMMER
Faculty of Law, University of Vienna
MIRKO PEJANOVIC
Dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Sarajevo
10:00–10:30
Coffee Break
10:30–12:30
First Panel:
Current Structural Challenges to the Dayton Constitution
STEFAN HAMMER
Faculty of Law, University of Vienna
The Judgement in the Case of Sejdic and Finci: BiH Constitutional Reform. Problems in a Nutshell
OMER IBRAHIMAGIC
Prof. emeritus
Constitutional Arrangements in Bosnia and Herzegovina and “Problems” with Federalism
MIRKO PEJANOVIC
Dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Sarajevo
Contradictions in the Decision-Making Process within the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Post-Dayton Period – Reaching Consensus within the Parliamentary Majority
JENS WOELK
University of Trento
United in Diversity? Which kind of federalism for Bosnia and Herzegovina?
12:30–13:30
Lunch
13:30–15:00
Second Panel:
Perceptions on the Present Situation of BiH in the European and International Context
VEDRAN DZIHIC
Faculty of Political Sciences, Vienna
EU-Conditionality and Internal Reforms in BiH: What went wrong and what can be done in the future?
SLAVO KUKIC
University of Mostar
A Need for a New International Strategy for BiH
CAZIM SADIKOVIC
BiH member of the Venice Commission
The Relevance of the Opinion of the Venice Commission Regarding the Constitutional Set-Up in Bosnia and the Competences of the High Representative
SENADIN LAVIC
Faculty of Political Sciences, President of the Bosniak Cultural Society Preporod
Postculture and Prejudices about the Bosnian Being. Bosnia in Europe of Peace
15:15–17:00
Third Panel:
Socio-Political Framework Conditions for Constitutional Reform in BiH
DINO ABAZOVIC
Faculty of Political Sciences, Sarajevo
Ethno-Political Institutionalization of Collective Identities in Bosnia and Herzegovina What went wrong?
DJORDJE CEKRLIJA
University of Banja Luka
Socio-Psychological Context for the Constitutional Changes
NIKO IKIC
Catholic Theological Faculty, Sarajevo
Positions of the Bishop Conference in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Constitutional Arrangements in BiH
GORAN MARKOVIC
Faculty of Law of East Sarajevo, Pale, deputy president of the Serbian Cultural Society PROSVJETA
Ideological and Political Conceptions of the Serbian Political Elite Regarding the State Structure of Bosnia and Herzegovina
