Jewish man can'nt run for President in Moslem 'Bosnia'

[mord]

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Jew challenges Bosnian presidency ban
By YANIV SALAMA-SCHEER
         
 

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Jakob Finci, the leader of Sarajevo's small Jewish community, has asked the European Court of Human Rights to lift the prohibition on Jews and other minorities running for the Bosnian presidency.

Under the country's post-war constitution, only Bosnian Serbs and Croats, who are overwhelmingly Catholic and Christian Orthodox, respectively, and Bosniaks, who are Muslim, are allowed to run for presidency. Bosnia has three presidents, each representing one of Bosnia's principal constituent groups.

"We understand that Mr. Finci wants the equal right to vote and be voted for, but unfortunately this is not the case," Bosnia's ambassador to Israel, Nedeljko Maslesa, told The Jerusalem Post on Friday. "The Bosnian government is aware of the case, but has no official position on it."

The Minority Rights Group International in London and Sheri Rosenberg, director of the program in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies at Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cordozo Law school in New York, are supporting Finci's application.

"As far as [we] are aware, there is no other case in Europe where Jews are actually prevented from contesting the presidency" an official from the Minority Rights Group said in a statement. "Ironically, the Bosnian constitution is a modern day creation, but de facto reinforces centuries-old discrimination." There are about 500 Jews living in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

"On the basis of the Dayton Accords, our constitution acknowledges the rights of the designated Bosnian peoples," a senior Bosnian official told the Post. "The Dayton Accords have placed difficult obstacles in front of the government that can seem impractical, but the point remains that changing the constitution would prove very difficult. All three groups would have to agree on it."

Finci's lawyer, Clive Baldwin, who heads the Minority Rights Groups' international advocacy efforts, believes the Bosnian constitution violates the Geneva Convention as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

"The upper house as well as the presidency ban minority groups, and only recognize the legitimacy of the 'designated peoples of Bosnia,' which grants them superior status," Baldwin told the Post from London.

"Jews are classified by the state as 'others.' The labelling of any minority group as 'other' is discriminatory by itself," he said.

The US and the EU have not shown any interest in changing the constitution that they, along with the Russians, French and British, drew up 12 years ago at the Dayton Accords negotiations.

Baldwin said the accords succeeded in ending the fighting in the former Yugoslavia, but did so by concentrating on the large groups while ignoring minority interests.

Finci told the Post that basic human rights that are protected by the UN are being ignored in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Bosnian constitution stipulates that UN human rights agencies must have full access to information about the human rights situation in Bosnia, a clause which Finci is trying to use to his advantage.

Finci's concerns have been expressed within Bosnian circles as well. Suljeman Tihic, a former Bosniak president, has called for constitutional changes, especially with regard to human rights.

"The government of Bosnia-Herzegovina plans to take on the issue of constitutional changes," Maslesa said. "The reason that the changes have not been adopted as of yet is due to the fact that national issues and religious issues are very sensitive and require an absolute consensus."

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[Hail Columbia]

Why the hell does the international community insist on Kosovo seperating from Serbia, because Kosovo has a majority population that is not Serb, but also insist that Bosnia must remain together as a multiethnic state?

[mord]

Why the hell does the international community insist on Kosovo seperating from Serbia, because Kosovo has a majority population that is not Serb, but also insist that Bosnia must remain together as a multiethnic state?

Your right,theworld is insane

[MassuhDGoodName]

Hail Columbia enquires:  "...Why the hell does the international community insist on Kosovo seperating from Serbia, because Kosovo has a majority population that is not Serb, but also insist that Bosnia must remain together as a multiethnic state?..."

To begin with, there is no such thing as the "International Community".  The very thought of such a thing is ludicrous.

It is merely a "catch-word", which as of late seems to find its way into every speech made by a crooked politician, as well as into every sentence uttered by so-called "activists" & "experts".

MassuhDGoodName's definition of "International Community"...

--A ploy used by international criminal syndicates posing as "leaders of government", whereby the constant repitition of the term "The International Community" is used to "brainwash" otherwise normal citizens into believing that their plans to violate the sovereignty of other nations is a legitimate one, "officially approved" so to speak.

--See also:  "International Community" -- A propagandistic "catch phase" repeated ad nauseum by those intending to establish a "Global Government under UN auspices", to "brainwash" their fellow citizens into placidly accepting the piecemeal dismantling of their national sovereignty.

Nations tremendously increase their wealth and power by selling armaments, gaining access to other nations' natural resources, or through the acquistion of newer and larger markets in which to sell their products, etc... .

This often manifests itself in immoral as well as illegal activities.  A classic example would be invading a sovereign nation under false pretense (and with "with the approval of the International Community") in order to protect & gain access to ("steal") immense oil or mineral wealth.

All that is necessary in order to explain the blatant hypocrisy in any nation's behavior, is to do a little homework.

Analyze each and every advantage to be gained by the most powerful members of the so-called "International Community"; and determine the benefits which will accrue to them if successful in their plans or designs against other sovereign nations.