Civil rights

Bosnian (male and female) – The foundation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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EU Parlament, White house Washington DC USA
1,621 supporters
16% achieved 10,000 for collection target
1,621 supporters
16% achieved 10,000 for collection target
  1. Launched September 2023
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I want my country Bosnia and Herzegovina to become democratic, stable, prosperos and secure. So that every citizen can be equol before the law and with election, one person, one vote. To eliminate all discriminations imposed by Deyton Agreement.

This petition is important because it advocates for basic human right guaranteed to every citizen of every other democracy in Europe and in the United States, but which denied to many people who identify solely as Bosnians (Bosanac / Bosanka) and to religious / ethnic minorities (Jews, Romani) in Bosnia and Herzegovina since the Dayton Peace Agreement. I am a BOSANKA by my birth right, and NO ONE has right to deprive me of my right to identify that way and to run for a political office in my own country. Yet, a faulty interpretation of the Dayton Peace Agreement which was subsequently built into laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina have done just that in the political practice that has persisted for almost 30 years. As a result, if I want to seek a political appointment or run for a political function, the current practice would require me to identify as one of the three main religion-defined ethnicities, which I do not accept and do not want to do. Currently, my being a BOSANKA is not enough, even though I am a Bosanka by birth right, and even though this has always been my national identity my entire life - including the time when Bosnia and Herzegovina was one of six federal units of Yugoslavia, i.e. BEFORE the 1992 aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina and BEFORE the Dayton Peace Agreement. Other Bosnian nationals who either do not want to align themselves to one of three religion-defined "ethnicities", or who belong to a religious or national minority (e.g. Jews, or Romani) have the same problem of being deprived of their right to be elected for political appointments or run for a political function in Bosnia and Herzegovina even though they and their ancestors have been citizens / nationals of BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA for centuries before the 1992 aggression on our country. THIS IS AN ANNOMALY AND A BLATANT VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRATIC PRACTICES AND IT HAS TO STOP.

It is my Human Right for me as Bosnian / having BH Passport, to be able to declare myself as Bosnian !! It is totally inappropriate and inacceptable as a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina i MUST choose the term " the others " because i DO NOT WANT to belong to any kind of Bosnian-Serb, Bosnian Croat or Bosniak... who the heck though of this stupidity anyway (???)

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