Reconstruction process and model of Bosnia by international community

Bosnia and Herzegovina was one of the six republics of the FederalRepublic of Yugoslavia in the past. It was internationally recognized as anindependent country and became a member of the United Nations in April1992. Civil war broke out in Yugoslavia after the independence. This warended with the signing of the Dayton Peace Accord, in December 1995 as aresult of international diplomacy and internvention policyAs a result of Dayton Accord Bosnia was a state consist of twoentities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBIH) and RepublikaSrpska (RS). The Accord outlines the State Constitution, which establishesthe equal rights of the three constituents of ethnic backgrounds; Bosniaks,Serbs, and Croats.The Office of the High Representative (OHR) is the chief civilian peaceimplementation institution in Bosnia. OHR has mandate to oversee theoperations established by The Accord. The High Representative has theauthority to make final decision for the civilians.Bosnia and Herzegovina is a transition country from centralizedauthoritarian government to democracy and market economy. This is a longlasting process of social reconstruction. It includes the reform of the lawenforcement, along with ongoing reforms of the economy, political system,and modifying the military.This dissertation consist of three parts. In the first part, it has beenexplained the term of international protectorete and historical process ofinternational community's intervention policy. In the same part, Bosnianhistory from Slavic times to the independent was explained.In the second part of this study, details of war in Bosnia between1992-1995, international mediation process for peace and establishinginternational state building model under Dayton Accord were clarified.Economic development and reconstrucion from war to present were asloanalysed in the same section.In the last part of dissertation, implementation of Dayton Accords inBosnia, both at state and entity level, regulations of OHR over the localinstitutions, return policy of refugees, cooperation with International CrimeTribunal for Yugoslavia were studied. In addition, the reform process which isnecessary for integration of Bosnia to EU and NATO was discussed. Debatesof constitutional amandment has been also examined in this last section.The establishment of a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA)is crucial for Bosnia and Herzegovina?s future to be part of the EU, as wall asstabilizing of the surrounding region in Balkans. It is expected that theperspective of negotiating and concluding this agreement will act as anincentive for the expediting of the reform process in Bosnia and Herzegovina.