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Agreement on removal of Commands, Units and Institutions from Garrisons-Barracks of Zenica, Travnik, Konjic and Barracks and Institutions in Sarajevo

  • Country/entity

    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Yugoslavia (former)
  • Region

    Europe and Eurasia
    Europe and Eurasia
  • Agreement name

    Agreement on removal of Commands, Units and Institutions from Garrisons-Barracks of Zenica, Travnik, Konjic and Barracks and Institutions in Sarajevo
  • Date

    10 May 1992
  • Agreement status

    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement

    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level

    Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Balkan Conflicts (1991 - 1995) (1998 - 2001) )
  • Stage

    Ceasefire/related
  • Conflict nature

    Government/territory
  • Peace process

    Bosnia peace process
  • Parties

    1) For the Presidency of R B&H: Fikret Abdic, Stjepan Kljuic
    2) For the Government of B&H: Jerko Doko
    3) Representative of JNA: Major – General Milan Aksontijevic
    4) ECMM: Mr. Antonio Nunes, Soares dos Santos
    5) Mr. Colm Doyle, Personal Envoy of Lord Carrington
  • Third parties

    -
  • Description

    This agreement provides for the safe withdrawal of the JNA from the republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It guarantees the safety and citizen's rights of family members of military personnel who wish to remain in Bosnia, and compensation for non-movable property.


Groups

  • Children/youth

    No specific mention.

  • Disabled persons

    No specific mention.

  • Elderly/age

    No specific mention.

  • Migrant workers

    No specific mention.

  • Racial/ethnic/national group

    No specific mention.

  • Religious groups

    No specific mention.

  • Indigenous people

    No specific mention.

  • Other groups

    No specific mention.

  • Refugees/displaced persons

    No specific mention.

  • Social class

    No specific mention.


Gender

  • Women, girls and gender

    No specific mention.

  • Men and boys

    No specific mention.

  • LGBTI

    No specific mention.

  • Family
    Page 2, Article 8
    Family members of active military personnel and civilian personnel serving with the JNA as well as family members of retired JNA personnel are guaranteed all rights according to International Laws. To those who want to emigrate the Government will allow emigration with movable property.

    Page 2, Article 11
    The Government guarantees that family members of active military personnel, civilian personnel as well as pensioners will not be mistreated and that they will have all citizen’s rights prescribed in the Constitution of the Republic of B&H.

State definition

  • Nature of state (general)

    No specific mention.

  • State configuration

    No specific mention.

  • Self determination

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum

    No specific mention.

  • State symbols

    No specific mention.

  • Independence/secession

    No specific mention.

  • Accession/unification

    No specific mention.

  • Border delimitation

    No specific mention.

  • Cross-border provision

    No specific mention.


Governance

  • Political institutions (new or reformed)

    No specific mention.

  • Elections

    No specific mention.

  • Electoral commission

    No specific mention.

  • Political parties reform

    No specific mention.

  • Civil society
    Page 2, Article 6
    Status of the Military Hospital in Sarajevo and other Health Institutions will be regulated by a separate agreement between the Parties to the Agreement and the International Red Cross Committee.
  • Traditional/religious leaders

    No specific mention.

  • Public administration

    No specific mention.

  • Constitution

    No specific mention.


Power sharing

  • Political power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Territorial power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Economic power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Military power sharing

    No specific mention.


Human rights and equality

  • Human rights/RoL general

    No specific mention.

  • Bill of rights/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Treaty incorporation
    Page 2, Article 8
    Family members of active military personnel and civilian personnel serving with the JNA as well as family members of retired JNA personnel are guaranteed all rights according to International Laws. To those who want to emigrate the Government will allow emigration with movable property.
  • Civil and political rights

    No specific mention.

  • Socio-economic rights

    No specific mention.


Rights related issues

  • Citizenship
    Rights related issues→Citizenship→Citizens, specific rights
    Page 2, Article 11
    The Government guarantees that family members of active military personnel, civilian personnel as well as pensioners will not be mistreated and that they will have all citizen’s rights prescribed in the Constitution of the Republic of B&H.
  • Democracy

    No specific mention.

  • Detention procedures

    No specific mention.

  • Media and communication

    No specific mention.

  • Mobility/access

    No specific mention.

  • Protection measures

    No specific mention.

  • Other

    No specific mention.


Rights institutions

  • NHRI

    No specific mention.

  • Regional or international human rights institutions

    No specific mention.


Justice sector reform

  • Criminal justice and emergency law

    No specific mention.

  • State of emergency provisions

    No specific mention.

  • Judiciary and courts

    No specific mention.

  • Prisons and detention

    No specific mention.

  • Traditional Laws

    No specific mention.


Socio-economic reconstruction

  • Development or socio-economic reconstruction

    No specific mention.

  • National economic plan

    No specific mention.

  • Natural resources

    No specific mention.

  • International funds

    No specific mention.

  • Business

    No specific mention.

  • Taxation

    No specific mention.

  • Banks

    No specific mention.


Land, property and environment

  • Land reform/rights
    Land, property and environment→Land reform/rights→Land reform and management
    Page 2, Article 9
    Control of real estate on the territory of the Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina will be exercised in accordance to the laws of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
    Land, property and environment→Land reform/rights→Property return and restitution
    Page 2, Article 10
    Those who had repurchased their apartments, and who want to leave the territory of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, should be allowed to receive fair compensation with receipt payment slip to SDK B&H on account of an organisation in the Republic of B&H.
  • Pastoralist/nomadism rights

    No specific mention.

  • Cultural heritage

    No specific mention.

  • Environment

    No specific mention.

  • Water or riparian rights or access

    No specific mention.


Security sector

  • Security Guarantees

    No specific mention.

  • Ceasefire
    Security sector→Ceasefire→General commitments
    [Summary: This agreement does not explicitly provide for a ceasefire, but for safe withdrawal of the JNA from the Bosnia and Herzegovina.]

    Page 1, Article 1
    The Parties to the Agreement agreed that the JNA would return all armament, ammunition, mines and explosives, and equipment of Territorial Defence of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina which had been entrusted to the JNA for, guarding and whose owner is the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to the inventory list of the conditions before the JNA took over to guard it.

    Page 1, Article 2
    The Parties to the Agreement agreed that, within the framework of withdrawal of the JNA from the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, withdrawal of Commands, Units and Institutions with armament, ammunition, mines and explosives, equipment and movable property, which remains after restoring what belongs to the Territorial Defense, from the Garrisons - Barracks of Zenica, Travnik and Konjic as well as from barracks in Sarajevo: “Marshall Tito”, “Viktor Bubanj", "Jusuf Dzonlic", “Gavrilo Princip” (Jajce barracks), II Army District Headquarters (four buildings), Military Institution ''Romenija" and Home of the Army.

    Page 1, Article 3
    The Parties to the Agreement consent that Commands, Units and Institutions of the JNA from Zenica Garrison withdraw in the direction: Zenica - Doboj - Tuzla - Zvornik and further; from the Konjic Garrison in the direction: Konjic - Sarajevo - Zenica - Doboj - Tuzla - Zvornik and further; from the Commands, Units, Institutions and the Garrison of Sarajevo in the direction: Sarajevo - Zenica - Doboj – Tuzla - Zvornik and further. The JNA guarantees that these movements will be carried out in the first place by Rail roads.

    Page 1, Article 4
    Withdrawal of other Commands, Units, Institutions and Barracks of JNA will be regulated by a separate agreement.

    Page 1-2, Article 5
    The Government and the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina guarantee that they will make possible and secure safe passage of Army Convoys, Commands, Units and Institutions on routes of march of the Convoys to their destinations and that they will establish permanent stations manned by the Units of the Territorial Defense of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina on certain critical points on the routes of movement of Army Convoys until relocation is completed.

    Page 2, Article 6
    Status of the Military Hospital in Sarajevo and other Health Institutions will be regulated by a separate agreement between the Parties to the Agreement and the International Red Cross Committee.

    Page 2, Article 7
    For this relocation the Government will allow use of transport facilities of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with recompense.

    Page 2, Article 8
    Family members of active military personnel and civilian personnel serving with the JNA as well as family members of retired JNA personnel are guaranteed all rights according to International Laws. To those who want to emigrate the Government will allow emigration with movable property.

    Page 2, Article 12
    On occasion of withdrawal from military installations, condition of the aforesaid installations will be determined and entered into records.
  • Police

    No specific mention.

  • Armed forces

    No specific mention.

  • DDR

    No specific mention.

  • Intelligence services

    No specific mention.

  • Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces

    No specific mention.

  • Withdrawal of foreign forces

    No specific mention.

  • Corruption

    No specific mention.

  • Crime/organised crime

    No specific mention.

  • Drugs

    No specific mention.

  • Terrorism

    No specific mention.


Transitional justice

  • Transitional justice general

    No specific mention.

  • Amnesty/pardon

    No specific mention.

  • Courts

    No specific mention.

  • Mechanism

    No specific mention.

  • Prisoner release

    No specific mention.

  • Vetting

    No specific mention.

  • Victims

    No specific mention.

  • Missing persons

    No specific mention.

  • Reparations

    No specific mention.

  • Reconciliation

    No specific mention.


Implementation

  • UN signatory

    No specific mention.

  • Other international signatory
    Signed by: ECMM: Mr. Antonio Nunes, Soares dos Santos; Mr. Colm Doyle, Personal Envoy of Lord Carrington
  • Referendum for agreement

    No specific mention.

  • International mission/force/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Enforcement mechanism
    Page 2, Article 14
    The Parties to the Agreement agree completely with the provisions of this Agreement and accept it. The Party which fails to carry out or to provide for carrying out of this Agreement will have to take all legal and factual consequences resulting thereof.
  • Related cases

    No specific mention.

  • Source
    ICTY Court Records, Karadzic trial exhibit P00950
    http://icr.icty.org/

AGREEMENT

On removal of Commands, Units and Institutions from Garrisons - Barracks of Zenica, Travnik, Konjic and Barracks and Institutions in Sarajevo

PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT:

1) Presidency and Government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

2) Representatives of JNA

3) ECMM

4) Mr. Doyle, Personal Envoy of Lord Carrington

Article 1

The Parties to the Agreement agreed that the JNA would return all armament, ammunition, mines and explosives, and equipment of Territorial Defence of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina which had been entrusted to the JNA for, guarding and whose owner is the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to the inventory list of the conditions before the JNA took over to guard it.

Article 2

The Parties to the Agreement agreed that, within the framework of withdrawal of the JNA from the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, withdrawal of Commands, Units and Institutions with armament, ammunition, mines and explosives, equipment and movable property, which remains after restoring what belongs to the Territorial Defense, from the Garrisons - Barracks of Zenica, Travnik and Konjic as well as from barracks in Sarajevo:

“Marshall Tito”, “Viktor Bubanj", "Jusuf Dzonlic", “Gavrilo Princip” (Jajce barracks), II Army District Headquarters (four buildings), Military Institution ''Romenija" and Home of the Army.

Article 3

The Parties to the Agreement consent that Commands, Units and Institutions of the JNA from Zenica Garrison withdraw in the direction:

Zenica - Doboj - Tuzla - Zvornik and further;

from the Konjic Garrison in the direction:

Konjic - Sarajevo - Zenica - Doboj - Tuzla - Zvornik and further;

from the Commands, Units, Institutions and the Garrison of Sarajevo in the direction:

Sarajevo - Zenica - Doboj – Tuzla - Zvornik and further.

The JNA guarantees that these movements will be carried out in the first place by Rail roads.

Article 4

Withdrawal of other Commands, Units, Institutions and Barracks of JNA will be regulated by a separate agreement.

Article 5

The Government and the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina guarantee that they will make possible and secure safe passage of Army Convoys, Commands, Units and Institutions on routes of march of the Convoys to their destinations and that they will establish permanent stations manned by the Units of the Territorial Defense of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina on certain critical points on the routes of movement of Army Convoys until relocation is completed.

Article 6

Status of the Military Hospital in Sarajevo and other Health Institutions will be regulated by a separate agreement between the Parties to the Agreement and the International Red Cross Committee.

Article 7

For this relocation the Government will allow use of transport facilities of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with recompense.

Article 8

Family members of active military personnel and civilian personnel serving with the JNA as well as family members of retired JNA personnel are guaranteed all rights according to International Laws.

To those who want to emigrate the Government will allow emigration with movable property.

Article 9

Control of real estate on the territory of the Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina will be exercised in accordance to the laws of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Article 10

Those who had repurchased their apartments, and who want to leave the territory of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, should be allowed to receive fair compensation with receipt payment slip to SDK B&H on account of an organisation in the Republic of B&H.

Article 11

The Government guarantees that family members of active military personnel, civilian personnel as well as pensioners will not be mistreated and that they will have all citizen’s rights prescribed in the Constitution of the Republic of B&H.

Article 12

On occasion of withdrawal from military installations, condition of the aforesaid installations will be determined and entered into records.

Article 13

Realisation of this Agreement begins on the day it is signed, end it will end on the date specified in the Plan for Withdrawal from the Entire Territory of the Republic of B&H which will be sent to the Parties to the Agreement, but to the end of June at the latest.

Article 14

The Parties to the Agreement agree completely with the provisions of this Agreement and accept it.

The Party which fails to carry out or to provide for carrying out of this Agreement will have to take all legal and factual consequences resulting thereof.

Article 15

This Agreement has been made out in five identical copies, one for every Party to the Agreement.

SIGNATURES

1) For the Presidency of R B&H

Fikret Abdic

Stjepan Kljuic

2) For the Government of B&H

Jerko Doko

3) Representative of JNA

Major – General Milan Aksontijevic

4) ECMM

Mr. Antonio Nunes, Soares dos Santos

5) Mr. Colm Doyle, Personal Envoy of Lord Carrington